You are looking at a batch of images of the all-new, all-electric Renault Scenic E-Tech, set to arrive in showrooms in 2024. “It will be called the Scenic,” said Renault design director Gilles Vidal in 2022, although the firm is yet to decide if it’ll be ‘Scenic E-Tech’ a la the Megane E-Tech. And it’ll be a five-seater: Renault reckons it has other cars more suited to seating seven.
The Renault Scenic electric SUV will ride on the CMF-EV platform, which the Renault Group has developed exclusively for EVs. A report from L’argus says that the future model is internally called Renault HCB. Initially, the project was to spawn a bigger model (codename: Renault HCC), but now, the relatively compact car is the priority. It should measure around 4.5 metres in length and the competition is well-defined: VW ID.4, Nissan Ariya, and Skoda Enyaq iV.
The Scenic Electric could come with 60 kWh and 87 kWh battery pack options, and, in select markets, perhaps an affordable 40 kWh battery pack option. The 60 kWh variant may employ a 215 bhp motor at the front, while a 239 bhp front-mounted motor may power the 87 kWh variant.
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The top-end variant may give buyers an AWD option that adds a second motor for the rear wheels. In the 87 kWh RWD configuration, the Scenic SUV could offer a range of around 500 kilometres. Alternatively, the Renault Group might not offer a dual-motor AWD configuration and push potential customers to go for the Alpine GT X-Over. The Alpine SUV should also be a C-segmenter but with sportier styling, more grip, better acceleration, and possibly a higher top speed of 200 km/h.
The Renault Group is capping the speed limit of all Renault and Dacia models to 180 km/h, and so, like the Megane E-Tech Electric, the HCB may not be the fastest car on the Autobahn.
Expect the Scenic EV’s maximum charging power to be at least 150 kW, as that could be the minimum customer expectation in its segment when it goes on sale. As a result, the new electric SUV may recover a range of up to 300 kilometres in under half an hour.
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