Renault half-year results: Successful e-tech range

The Renault brand sold 716,720 passenger cars and light commercial vehicles worldwide in the first half of 2022 (2021: 858,634), representing a market share of 4.0 percent. Renault’s E-Tech range of all-battery models and hybrid vehicles accounted for a total of 36 percent of Renault’s passenger car sales in Europe in the first half of 2022 (H1 2021: 26 percent). The new all-electric compact model Megane E-Tech Electric has already achieved 20,000 orders since market launch.

“The electric vehicle market is booming in Europe, and Renault is well positioned to offer its customers the right products,” said Fabrice Cambolive, chief operating officer and senior vice president of the Renault brand. “Our E-Tech offering, based on our fully electric and fully hybrid HEV products, responds to the desire for vehicles with low running costs and sustainable mobility. Following the launch of the new Megane E-Tech Electric, we will accelerate the electrification of our product range in the second half of the year with the introduction of the new Kangoo Rapid E-Tech Electric and the new Austral.” www.renault-presse.de