Alpine A290

The Alpine A290 is a battery electric hot hatchback unveiled in June 2024, described by the trade press as the first battery electric B-segment vehicle from Alpine, a performance car that puts practicality ahead of taking on its petrol siblings. It is a five-door, five-seat car about 4 metres long on the AmpR Small platform of Alpine parent company Renault, with 326 litres of luggage space. Every version has a 52 kWh battery, an 11 kW on-board charger, a 100 kW DC charging capability and a heat pump. The base and GT Premium versions offer 177 hp and the GT Performance and GTS offer up to 217 hp with 300 Nm of torque, which gives a claimed 0 to 100 km/h time of 6.4 seconds at a curb weight of about 1,476 kg. A steering wheel button gives an overtake boost of up to ten seconds.