Meudon (AFP)

Renault presented on Thursday a new generation of 100% electric vehicles, including the Mégane eVision concept, between city car and SUV, at a time when this market seems to finally take off in Europe against a backdrop of tightening standards.

More than eight years after the launch of the little Zoe, the Mégane eVision is reviving Renault's ambitions in the electric market.

The production model resulting from this show car, unveiled at a press conference in Meudon (Hauts-de-Seine), will be presented in 2021.

"Its contained length (4.21 m) makes it possible to offer passengers a habitability and usability worthy of a C-segment vehicle - traditionally 15 to 30 cm longer - while facilitating traffic in an urban environment" , Renault CEO Luca de Meo said in a statement.

The manufacturer has sold more than 300,000 electric vehicles in Europe since 2010, with an offer based on the Zoe, the utility Kangoo ZE or recently its small city car, the Twingo Electric.

“This range of electric models will continue to grow in order to offer more choices and meet more and more uses,” underlines Renault.

Renault has also electrified its "low-cost" and successful brand, Dacia.

The group presented Thursday the electric Dacia Spring, which wants to be "the cheapest city car on the European market".

This mini-SUV with the look of an adventurer and endowed with a theoretical autonomy of 225 km has for mission to make a breakthrough in three markets: "that of the private car, that of the car-sharing with many operators throughout the Europe and finally that of last mile delivery with its Cargo utility version ", according to Denis Le Vot, member of the Renault Executive Committee.

Arrived at Renault at the beginning of July to complete the transition after Carlos Ghosn's disgrace, Luca De Meo ultimately aims, according to an internal document, "a range of emblematic, profitable electric vehicles, at an entry price of less than 20,000 euros, produced in France ".

M. De Meo is due to present a new strategic plan in January 2021. By 2025, with a range "completely restructured", the Italian leader has already announced that he hopes that Renault could "reap the first benefits of the recovery of the markets ", while the group in Losange, hit hard by the crisis, suffered a colossal loss of 7.3 billion euros in the first half and announced the loss of 15,000 jobs worldwide.

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