Renault Australia is looking to revamp its range through 2025 and beyond, with a number of new models and variants on the cards for the local market. General manager for Renault Australia Glen Sealey told CarExpert the French brand’s electrification expansion locally will focus on battery electric vehicles (BEVs) rather than hybrids or plug-in hybrids (PHEV). “When we talk electrification, we talk [internal-combustion engines] or EV,” Mr Sealy said.
“We have ICE in Arkana, Captur , Koleos and so on. Will they go to hybrid at some stage? There has to be a natural progression, certainly around NVES.” “For Kangoo we have electrification (full EV), for Trafic we will have electrification (full EV), for Master we’ll have electrification (full EV).
[The] Megane E-Tech is fully electric, and then we’re working now on a number of other cars to come in that will be full EV.” Mr Sealey confirmed the brand’s vans will offer E-Tech Electric versions throughout the course of 2025. The smallest Kangoo is launching this year with an E-Tech version, with the Trafic and Master vans due to gain EV options next year – Trafic E-Tech early in 2025, Master E-Tech at the end of the year.
Beyond the van range, Mr Sealey highlighted two new models the local arm is working on bringing to the Australian market at opposite ends of the market. First is the recently revealed Renault 5 E-Tech, which debuted at this year’s Geneva motor show. It replaces the Clio -sized Zoe electric h.