Renault DeZir Brings Whole New Credibility to Electric Car

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Renault’s big auto show comes this fall, and as such, there’s lots of word coming out about the new models emerging. But the Parisian automaker has a real winner up its sleeve, the concept car known as the Renault DeZir.

Just looking at that beauty gets my teeth on edge, I know–and the folks out at Renault seem happy with it too, saying that the project “represents the vision of simple, sensuous and warm”.

But it’s not just a punch to the gut aesthetically, it’s also got a green facet to it too–it’s powered by the exact same size 24 kilowatt-hour lithium ion battery that runs the Nissan Leaf, plus it gets about the same range as the Leaf at about 100 miles. This is pretty good on its own, but there’s a little extra here–the third surprise, its quick charge capability. This particular battery pack is set up to accept the Quick Drop exchange. The body is made of Kevlar panels around a steel tube frame chassis, thus making it both sturdy and lightweight.

Now the bad news…this is a concept car, remember, so the chance of it being produced is somewhat up in the air. But the thought that we might be able to get these is definitely an exciting one.