{"id":2004195,"date":"2026-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2004195"},"modified":"2026-06-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T21:00:00","slug":"renaults-electric-megane-has-had-a-facelift-and-a-growth-spurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2004195","title":{"rendered":"Renault\u2019s electric Megane has had a facelift and a growth spurt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Renault has fitted its Megane E-Tech<\/a> with a new 67kWh lithium iron phosphate battery during its mid-life update, meaning it now claims 310 miles of WLTP range. That\u2019s an increase of around 25 miles on the pre-facelift version, but it also means that \u2013 despite a fancy cell-to-pack architecture \u2013 the whole car is now 20mm taller.<\/p>\n

Heavier too, we\u2019d imagine. In fact, the 0-62mph time has also increased by a tenth to 7.6 seconds with the same 217bhp motor driving the front wheels. Don\u2019t race the old one between the lights. You\u2019ll spend less time at a charger though, because DC rapid charging capability increases from 130kW to 165kW. A 15 to 80 per cent top up now takes 24 minutes, and we\u2019re told that the springs, dampers and steering have all been tweaked too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On the outside the design is apparently now \u2018sharper\u2019, so everything up front other than the headlights is new. You\u2019ll spot the new diamond-shaped running lights and the new bumper with more body colour. There\u2019s also a repositioned Renault badge and a larger fake grille between the lights.<\/p>\n

No word on UK pricing yet, but we are told the range will now consist of just two trims. Techno will be the entry level with 19in wheels, a heat pump and two 12-ish-inch screens inside running Google built-in. The fancier Esprit Alpine adds 20in alloys, massaging seats and a Harman Kardon audio system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Renault has fitted its Megane E-Tech with a new 67kWh lithium iron phosphate battery during its mid-life update, meaning it now claims 310 miles of WLTP range. That\u2019s an increase of around 25 miles on the pre-facelift version, but it also means that \u2013 despite a fancy cell-to-pack architecture \u2013 the whole car is now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-2004195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2004195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2004195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2004195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2004195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}