2025 Renault 5 E-Tech evolution
Was £21,495
At launch in 2025. No longer sold new.
EV40 120 hp urban range
There is a newer version of this car: the 2027 Renault 5 E-Tech, from £21,495, up to 259 miles.
Cost
- Price On the road, with the Electric Car Grant already taken off.
- £21,495
Battery
- Battery Renault quotes 40 kWh usable, not a gross figure.
- 40 kWh
- Battery chemistry Renault says only lithium-ion. NMC packs are usually happier kept below 100% for daily charging.
- NMC
- Battery (usable)
- 40 kWh
Range
- Range WLTP combined.
- 192 miles
- Efficiency Derived from the 14.7 kWh per 100 km WLTP combined figure.
- 4.23 mi/kWh
Charging
- Max fast charge power
- 80 kW
- Fastest charge time 15 to 80% on an 80 kW charger.
- 31 mins
- AC charge power An adaptive single or three phase onboard charger, up to 11 kW.
- 11 kW
- Autocharge Autocharge is Fastned and Osprey's way of starting a charge without an app or a card: you plug in and the charger recognises the car. This one should work, but neither network has confirmed it yet.
- Yes
Performance
- Drive
- FWD
- Top speed
- 93 mph
- Acceleration
- 9 secs
- Motor
- 90 kW
- Horsepower
- 120 hp
- Torque
- 225 Nm
Details
- Towing
- Yes
- Towing capacity Braked.
- 500 kg
- Seating
- 5 seats
Dimensions
- Turning circle
- 10.3 metres
- Length
- 3,922 mm
- Width Mirrors folded
- 1,774 mm
- Height
- 1,498 mm
- Weight Renault's figure includes a 75 kg driver.
- 1,463 kg
- Boot volume VDA, including the charging cable storage and tyre inflation kit.
- 326 litres
- Boot volume (max) With seats down
- 1,106 litres
- Payload
- 402 kg
- Ground clearance
- 14.5 cm
- Wheelbase
- 2,540 mm
- Width including mirrors What has to clear a garage door or a narrow lane.
- 2,020 mm
Tech
- App
- Yes
- Android Auto
- Yes
- Android Automotive Google Maps, the Assistant and the Play Store built into the car itself, rather than mirrored from a phone. It works without your phone, and it plans routes around chargers using the car's own battery level.
- Yes
- Apple CarPlay
- Yes
What you get
Exterior
- 18-inch black diamond cut alloy wheels Standard
- Automatic LED headlights Standard
- Whip antenna Standard
- Roof: body coloured with a black roofline Standard
- Metallic paint, one tone Standard
Screens and audio
- openR link 10.1-inch touchscreen Standard
- Arkamys speaker system Standard
- 7-inch driver display Standard
- Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto Standard
- Over-the-air updates Standard
- Digital radio Standard
Interior
- Mixed grey and black cloth upholstery with tricolour stitching Standard
Charging and electric
- Heat pump Standard
- 6.5-metre mode 3 home wallbox cable Standard
- 11 kW AC and up to 80 kW DC charging Standard
- Vehicle-to-Load: power to object Standard
Driver assistance
- Cruise control Standard
- Speed limiter Standard
- Traffic sign recognition with speed alert Standard
- Parking sensors: rear Standard
Comfort
- Climate control with automatic air conditioning Standard
- Front seats with manual height adjustment Standard
- 60/40 split folding rear seats Standard
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What it costs to run
A full charge at home could cost £3.20, or 1.9p per mile.*
- Cost of a full charge
- £3.20
- Cost per mile
- 1.9p
Based on Intelligent Octopus Go, an EV tariff from Octopus Energy (£50 off when you switch). * At 8p a unit, using the manufacturer's WLTP efficiency figure. What you actually pay depends on how, and where, you drive.
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Specifications correct as of 22 September 2026. Source: Renault 5 E-Tech mobile technical specification, 1 July 2026, and the MY27 release of 22 September 2026.
