Flying on the heels of Tesla’s popular Roadster vehicles, Renault has released a bit of details about its new DeZir electric vehicle. A luxury concept car, this electric powerhouse could be shown for the at September’s Paris Auto Show. The DeZir is beautiful, but it may not be able to compete with Tesla’s small yet established customer base.
Renault DeZir facts
The Renault DeZir isn’t on the road yet. The 100-mile range of the automobile comes from a rear-mounted engine with a Lithium Ion battery. A standard household outlet will charge the battery in eight hours, and a quick-charge outlet will charge it to 80 percent of its full power in 20 minutes. . Five seconds is its zero to 100 time.
Comparing all of the DeZir to the Tesla Roadster
The only all electric sports roadster on the road is the Tesla Roadster. With a range of up to 300 miles, the Tesla has the longest range of a production. The roadster requires a specialty charging plug, though Tesla assures customers they’ll be making the switch to a standard plug. Both vehicles are designed as two-door coupes and both are targeting a very well-heeled market.
On the market soon is DeZir
The Renault DeZir is certainly a concept car. Most concept cars, unfortunately, will never make it to market. The Chevy Volt was introduced as a concept car almost five years ago. Many “concept cars” are never put into mass-market production. Even if the DeZir goes into mass production, it will probably be showing up at about the same time as more affordably priced autos are to the mass market. This means the Renault DeZir could have to carve out a niche of customers very carefully if the DeZir is to be successful.
