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The 2016 Paris motor show was dominated by electric concepts, with the 350bhp Renault Trezor easily out-posing Mercedes" and VW"s battery-powered newcomers. Which got us thinking is Renault"s fast, sleek design study a hint that its most high-performance models could make a, erm, shock switch to electric power? Renault"s Electric Vehicle Programme Director, Eric Feunteun, quickly quashed the speculation. "The idea behind the Trezor is very simple. It"s a concept car that shows the future of Renault in the long term not just one car but the design trends you"ll recognise in our future line-up. The car is electric, and the future of Renault is electric, and the car is fast and fun to drive, but it doesn"t preview any particular model". Wallets and purses away guys, it ain"t happening. We tried. Feunteun continues over TG"s sobs at the Trezor"s lack of production hopes: "At this stage, there is no plan for a Renaultsport EV. Of course, we"re working on improving the power of our motors this is just one area of improvement for the future but developing a new battery to store more energy requires a huge amount of investment, and huge amount of resources, and we have to focus our resources on the key [mainstream] cars." Well, if Renaultsport isn"t going EV any time soon then hopefully it can crack on making the Clio RS16 instead
Date written: 30 Sep 2016
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The 2016 Paris motor show was dominated by electric concepts, with the 350bhp Renault Trezor easily out-posing Mercedes" and VW"s battery-powered newcomers. Which got us thinking is Renault"s fast, sleek design study a hint that its most high-performance models could make a, erm, shock switch to electric power? Renault"s Electric Vehicle Programme Director, Eric Feunteun, quickly quashed the speculation. "The idea behind the Trezor is very simple. It"s a concept car that shows the future of Renault in the long term not just one car but the design trends you"ll recognise in our future line-up. The car is electric, and the future of Renault is electric, and the car is fast and fun to drive, but it doesn"t preview any particular model". Wallets and purses away guys, it ain"t happening. We tried. Feunteun continues over TG"s sobs at the Trezor"s lack of production hopes: "At this stage, there is no plan for a Renaultsport EV. Of course, we"re working on improving the power of our motors this is just one area of improvement for the future but developing a new battery to store more energy requires a huge amount of investment, and huge amount of resources, and we have to focus our resources on the key [mainstream] cars." Well, if Renaultsport isn"t going EV any time soon then hopefully it can crack on making the Clio RS16 instead
Date written: 30 Sep 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5246