Renault 4-inspired EV images tease its Paris Auto Present reveal

It has all the time been fascinating to watch the brand new automobiles we don’t get in the USA. Renault has been answerable for a number of “forbidden fruit” fashions over time, and its newest EV tease might revive one other. The French automaker just lately teased a brand new electrical crossover that bears a placing resemblance to certainly one of its most iconic historic fashions. Renault will reveal the brand new EV on October 17 on the Paris Motor Present. 

Eager-eyed observers will instantly decide up the Renault 4 vibes right here, and the automaker confirms the EV might be a “new take” on the long-running mannequin. Initially designed with a directive to be “much less ugly than the 2CV,” the Renault 4 went on to take second place within the 1979 Paris-Dakar and was bought in some nations till 1994. It remained France’s best-selling automotive till 2010.

With such a storied nameplate as its inspiration, the electrified Renault 4 will probably supply loads of not-for-America tech and performance. That mentioned, because the third member of the Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, Renault has entry to shared applied sciences and parts it in any other case won’t. For instance, the brand new Megane ETech EV rides on the identical CMF-EV platform that underpins the Nissan Ariya.

Renault calls itself the “chief of electrical mobility in Europe” and says its EVs accounted for nearly 15% of all electrics bought in Europe in 2021. Past the brand new Megane ETech Electrical mannequin, Renault affords a smaller Zoe electrical hatchback and two electrical supply vans. Dacia, Renault’s finances model, additionally sells a cute electrical crossover.