The Alpine boss on the forthcoming electric A110 replacement and future models
► F1 team, Renault Sport under same roof
, blending a light and compact sports car with an inevitably heavy EV powertrain is tricky. Renault has more electric know-how than most, learnt from generations of Zoes and the Nissan Leaf, and now the versatile CMF-EV platform, as seen on the Megane eVision concept. ‘We do hope to preserve the A110 DNA actually, and it might be quite different from the rest of the cars despite the platform sharing,’ Alpine CEO, Laurent Rossi, told CAR magazine. ‘You will still retain advantages in terms of chassis dynamics, agility. If you use aluminium versus steel.’
Last year, Groupe Renault revealed Alpine and Lotus were conducting ‘a study into the feasibility of joint engineering, design and development of an EV sports car.’ The conclusions of that study will be known in 6 months or less.
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