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Renault increases prices for popular e-car

Renault is raising the prices for its electric car Zoe: Buyers of the popular Stromer will be able to shell out more than eleven percent in the future. And there's another catch.

For a long time, the Renault Zoe was the best-selling electric car in Germany – no wonder, alongside the Nissan Leaf, it was one of the first affordable electric vehicles to be mass-produced and also offered good value for money. Almost 25,000 new Zoe were registered last year. For comparison: The VW E-Up had around 31,000 new registrations, the Tesla Model 3 around 35,000.

The first bad news came in March: the Zoe cannot currently be ordered in Germany due to the lack of chips. And now the second, which should not please potential customers: The Zoe will be eleven percent more expensive. For 36,840 euros before deducting the environmental bonus instead of the previous 33,140 euros, the electric car is now only available with the large 52 kWh battery. Renault had already removed the cheaper entry-level model with a 41 kWh battery from €29,990. This increases the price for the same battery performance by 3,700 euros, and the price for the cheapest available model by as much as 6,850 euros.

The drive with 80 kW is standard, the version with 100 kW costs 1,000 euros more. The basic equipment includes, among other things, a navigation system, a lane departure warning system and a rear parking beeper, writes the specialist portal “Electrive”. There is also additional equipment for an extra charge, including a larger infotainment screen and parking beepers at the front.

Megane E-Tech available to order again, Zoe not

Is the price increase also a sign that the Zoe will soon be available to order again? The new E-SUV Megane E-Tech can now be configured again after an order freeze that was also announced in March, but the Zoe is not yet. “Auto, Motor und Sport” has already speculated that the price increase has not come for purely formal reasons and that the Zoe could soon be available again. It is still open whether the restart will come in time before the environmental bonus expires at the end of the year and whether all owners will receive their new Zoe with a subsidy of 9,570 euros.

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