2025 looks set to be the year when small, reasonably priced electric cars enter the market on a larger scale.
This after electric cars have been criticized for being too expensive for many years.
The trend is confirmed by the fact that a small electric car with a reasonable price tag has now been appointed Car of the Year in Europe 2025.
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Small electric car from Renault
The electric car in question is the new Renault 5 E-tech and its performance-oriented sibling the Alpine A290.
It is the second year in a row that an electric car from Renault has been named car of the year in Europe. The Renault Scenic E-tech was named Car of the Year in Europe 2024.
It is only the second time in 62 years that the same car brand has won the award two years in a row. In 1995 and 1996, Fiat managed the same feat with the Punto and Bravo models.
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Renault 5 triumphs over the competition
The new Renault 5 triumphed over other reasonably priced smaller electric cars such as the Kia EV3 and Citroën C3/ë-C3, which came second and third respectively when the jury voted.
The other car models that went to the final were Hyundai Inster, Dacia Duster, Cupra Terramar and Alfa Romeo Junior.
– The Renault 5 is fun to drive and its infotainment system from Google is brilliant. I’m not completely convinced about electric car features such as range and charging performance, but maybe future updates can improve the situation compared to what we’ve seen so far, says We Car owners test manager Tommy Wahlstromwho is a member of the Car of the Year jury.
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Source: nyheter24.se
