Renault City K-ZE

The Renault City K-ZE, pronounced Kay-Zee, is an electric SUV from the French maker Renault, presented in 2019, and is Renault's fifth electric car. The Dongfeng Fengguang E1 and the Dongfeng Fengshen EX1 are identical variants under different Dongfeng sub-brands, and the second generation of the Venucia e30 is built on the same SUV. In Europe the City K-ZE was sold between 2021 and 2026 as the first-generation Dacia Spring. The concept was shown at the 2018 Paris motor show, then still under Carlos Ghosn, as a cooperation with Dongfeng Motor Corporation, and the production car was presented in April 2019 at Auto Shanghai; within half a year the cooperation with the Chinese firm eGT New Energy Automotive turned the concept into a production car. It is a mini SUV driven by an electric motor, with 15 cm of ground clearance, a wheelbase of 2.43 metres, an outside length of 3.73 to 3.74 metres and a boot of nearly 300 litres. The range is about 250 kilometres in town, the battery charges to 80 percent in 50 minutes, and the top speed of 105 km/h is the legal limit in China.