Yahoo Autos 2024 Renault 5 EV to inaugurate a new platform for electric cars
The electric, retro-flavored Renault 5 concept introduced in 2021 will spawn a production model in 2024. Development work is ongoing, and the French company released details about the platform it developed jointly with sister company Nissan to underpin the hatchback.
Called CMF-B EV, the architecture is an evolution of the CMF-B platform currently found under several mass-produced models, including the Clio (one of the best-selling cars in Europe) and the second-generation Juke sold in numerous overseas markets. Keeping costs in check was one of the design team's main priorities, so about 70% of the components are shared between the two platforms. In turn, this should make the CMF-B EV platform approximately 30% cheaper to build than the architecture that currently underpins the electric Zoe hatchback.
