“Thanks to our brand-new Alliance platform CMF-EV, we broke the rules of size, use, design and energy efficiency to imagine the Mégane eVision show-car. We fully leveraged the potential of pure electric platform to re-invent the classical hatchback in an emotional way. With the thinnest battery on the market, a 4.21-metre compact body offering the roominess of a C-segment vehicle, The Mégane eVision is a masterpiece of packaging. We took our 25-year best-seller and took it to the future. Mégane eVision reinvents Mégane, and Renault reinvents Renault. This is just the beginning; a whole new generation of innovation-packed electric vehicles is to come.”
It’s got the look
And a look we’ve already seen hints of in the Morphoz concept, too. Among other things, this Megane eVision previews a new design direction for the brand, with details like a muscular clamshell bonnet, floating roofline and slim grille vents front and rear. Renault says the eVision is shorter than a conventional family hatchback at 4.21m, mainly due to the platform underneath that we’ll get to in a moment.
Lighting plays an integral role here, too, with entirely joined-up light bars featuring front and rear. The transparent charging point highlights the charge at a glance, and Renault says novel use of ambient lighting inside injects some serious theatre to the cockpit.
It’s got the goods
The Megane eVision isn’t just some far-flung, pie-in-the-sky preview. Renault says it will put this model into production next year and, to highlight that fact, the concept seen here uses the new Alliance CMF-EV platform. New Renault boss, Luca de Meo, said at the debut of the new concept that the platform has ‘broken the rules of size, use and design.’ He adds that ‘a whole family of new vehicles will be based on this new platform’, and that’s not just from Renault. Given it’s an alliance platform, Nissan has already debuted the Ariya SUV that uses the same underpinnings.
In the Megane eVision, there’s a 60kWh battery pack under the floor and a single 160kW e-motor driving the front wheels, good for 215bhp – a power figure Renault claims is one of the most powerful engines on sale – and a range of around 280 miles. These specs put the Megane eVision squarely up against the VW ID.3.
Mégane eVision Main Specifications:
▪ Length: 4,210mm
▪ Width: 1,800mm
▪ Height: 1,505mm
▪ Wheelbase: 2,700mm
▪ Wheels: 20 inches ▪ Tyres: Continental 245/40 ZR 20
▪ Weight: 1,650kg
▪ Engine: 160kW (217hp) wound-rotor electric engine
▪ Transmission: 4x2
▪ Drive: Front-wheel drive
▪ Charge: AC up to 22kW, DC up to 130kW
▪ Batteries: 60kWh – 400V
