Renault E-Tech electric vehicle driving range

Preheat the cabin in winter and start the air conditioning in summer, while your vehicle is charging. Preconditioning can be scheduled via easy link, openR link, or remotely using the My Renault app.

If you forgot to use the preconditioning and your vehicle has these options, give preference to heating the seats and steering wheel. Enjoy faster thermal comfort and greater savings.

Park in a closed garage or car park whenever you can. Your electric vehicle’s battery will be protected against weather conditions and your electric driving range will therefore be maximised.

Plan your journey directly from the onboard navigation system. As you approach a fast‑charging point, battery pre‑conditioning activates automatically: the temperature is adjusted to help optimise charging time as soon as you arrive at the station.

Yes, temperature has an impact on the car’s driving range, especially low temperatures. Both the motor and the heating use the battery. The battery will therefore discharge faster when the car is heated and will not be able to provide the motor with electricity for as long.

Our advice for maintaining good driving range in winter:

• If you can, park your vehicle inside.
• Activate the vehicle’s preconditioning system when it is plugged in. This way, the battery will be used for the motor and not for adjusting the temperature.
• Make sure your tyres are properly inflated.

Our dedicated solution: Renault Megane E-Tech electric includes a heat pump to recover the heat generated by the battery and motor to heat the cabin. So you can manage your car’s driving range better, even in winter.

Tip: the heated seats and steering wheel (winter pack) enhance your thermal comfort while optimising your electric vehicle’s overall consumption.

All electric vehicles are suitable for motorway driving.

You simply need to bear in mind a few things to manage your vehicle’s driving range when out and about:

• The faster you drive, the more energy your vehicle consumes (as with a combustion-powered vehicle). Ideally limit your speed to 110 km/h on the motorway.
• The My Renault app and charge pass locate fast charging points along your route. You can recover up to 300 km of WLTP driving range (or 200 km on the motorway) in just 30 minutes using these charging points (for example with Megane E-Tech electric).
• optimise the weight carried by your car in order to limit its traction. As an indication, Megane E-Tech can tow an unbraked weight of 750 kg.
  

The importance of battery ageing must be put into perspective. Through our 13 years of experience with Li-ion batteries, we offer batteries that degrade very slowly. Very rarely have we had to change batteries due to loss of driving range.
However, it is recommended to charge your battery to 80% when you don’t need to go on long journeys. This will extend your battery life.
Your battery should be left at an intermediate charge level (between 30% and 80%) if your vehicle is going to be parked for long periods and risks being exposed to significant heat. This helps to improve your battery’s resistance over time.

But that’s not all:

• Fast charging the battery from 80 to 100% takes just as long as charging it from 15% to 80%.
• When the battery is fully charged, deceleration is carried out by the hydraulic brakes, which affects the battery’s driving range.
• If the battery is not fully charged, each deceleration regenerates the battery via the electric motor.