Just a few days before the Renault Twingo ZE is officially available to order in France, its prices were revealed in a French forum. While we still have to wait a few more days to get the official confirmation, the leaked information seems legit.
Renault Twingo ZE in France
Renault Twingo ZE trim levels in France
To get heated seats in the Renault Twingo ZE you have to buy the most expensive trim level. If you’re wondering how much cheaper than its big brother is the Twingo ZE in France, let’s see it.
Renault ZOE in France
So you can save more than 10.000 euros if you buy the smaller electric car. By the way, all these prices are before any discounts or governments subsidies and include the battery. Renault no longer leases the batteries of its electric cars.
Moving on…
Due to generous government subsidies in France the price of the Renault Twingo ZE R80 is artificially inflated and this small electric car will be cheaper outside its domestic market.
Nonetheless, now Germany suffers from the same problem of government subsidies to buy electric cars being counterproductive.
To be eligible for government subsidies in Germany Renault isn’t allowed to make the Twingo ZE more expensive there than it is in other countries, so the automaker decided to only sell the most expensive version… This is how automakers outsmart BAFA (Federal Office of Economics and Export Control) responsible to determine which electric cars are eligible for government subsidies in Germany.
Renault Twingo ZE in Germany
Fortunately in countries with milder government subsidies the prices are a bit more acceptable…
Renault Twingo ZE in The Netherlands
Renault Twingo ZE in Austria
Renault Twingo ZE starting price in Austria (by Stefan Ko)
Anyway, there are better alternatives to the Renault Twingo ZE in France.
Currently the SKODA CITIGOᵉ Iv isn’t even available to order in France…
However, the VW electric triplets have an extremely long waiting time that in some countries is almost one year. It’s almost like Volkswagen doesn’t want to sell them…
While Renault Twingo ZE can’t offer better specs, maybe it’ll offer faster deliveries. Currently the Renault ZOE is the electric car with the lowest average waiting time (often below 3 months) in Europe, we’ll see if the little Twingo ZE gets the same attention from Renault.
Renault also offers regular discounts on its electric cars, if VW doesn’t increase the production of its electric triplets the unimpressive Renault Twingo ZE might outsell them.
Does it matter that the VW electric triplets have better specs if you can’t even get them?
