2017 Renault Zoe ZE40
Renault has one of the largest lineups of electric vehicles in the business.
Arguably chief among them is the Zoe, its only proper dedicated EV. It
brought out a vastly improved version at the 2016 Paris Motor Show.
With the new ZE 40 battery pack, the latest Renault
Zoe is rated to travel 400 kilometers on a single charge. That's
based on the New European Driving Cycle, by whose standard the Zoe was initially
rated at little over half that (210 km) when it first launched in
2012.
The manufacturer itself has slightly more
conservative expectations of its battery-powered hatchback, saying it will
realistically go for 300 km before needing to plug in. That
would be enough to drive from Paris way
up to the north of the country to Calais on the southern bank of the English
Channel without having to stop.
Unfortunately, you can't get it in the US, so we'll just have to
look at these photos from the the show stand at the Port de Versailles instead.
