Groupe Renault has published the results of its work in 2020. As you understand, it was a year who passed under the sign of restriction of economic activity due to pandemic restrictions. It did not go around Renault, which declares that sales in 2020 generally fell by 21%. But this year also revealed one important trend that all automakers note - the sale of sales touched only the segment of cars with internal combustion engines. With electric vehicles, everything is exactly the opposite!
With a global sales drop in 2020, 21% to 2.95 million cars, sales of electric cars Renault on the European electric vehicle market doubled. Last year in Europe, Renault sold 115,888 electric vehicles. The most-selling electric unit Renault, naturally, remained a long-term leader of the Renault Zoe segment, with an increase of 114% to 100,657 units. The remaining volume of the electrocarbers sold for the most part came to the electric commercial van Kangoo Z.e.
All this allowed Renault to remain the leader of the electromotive market in Europe. Moreover, competitors continue to increase their forces on the electric car market of Europe, Reno this year launches a number of new models of electric vehicles and hybrids into production, which will allow the company to continue to remain in the leaders in this market segment in Europe.
Among the electrical innovations Renault this year, Twingo Electric, Dacia Spring, as well as Mégane Evision. Also, in addition to pure battery electric cars, the Kangoo Ze Hydrogen hydrogen models and Master Ze Hydrogen will be offered. In addition to its fully electric Renault line, a number of new hybrids will offer on the basis of already loved models - Arkana E-Tech, Captur E-Tech, and so CLIO and Megane Estate.Kak we see the French company, already conquering positions on the electric car, continues to develop in this direction, expanding the range of the offered electrified products. For those who fear and want to test electrical technologies, new hybrids are offered, and those who have already quite confidently represent themselves behind the wheel of the electric car can choose completely electrical models. The above-mentioned, Renault highlights the alpine into a separate sub-brand alpine and for some information within This brand is going to revive as electrocars, once popular Renault 4 and Renault models. Although, actually twingo and there is a rethinking R5, but may be inside the Alpine brand it will already be a sports electrocar.
There is a chance that other models planned to be released under the Alpine brand will also be electrified.