Renault Zoe 2019 - a long range road test in Sardinia | Fully Charged 

"We want car parks with hundreds of chargers in, not one in the corner, with a green leaf painted on the floor." Couldn't agree more.

245 mile range and a 22 kWh charger, brilliant!. With its size, this is a great urban car; but now with a great range, it’s better than many more expensive EVs. This is an elegant sensible car that will fly off the shelf. Bravo Renault!

CONGRATULATIONS! Between "Juice gap" and "miles per bladder" you've coined *everything* we need to know regarding EV economy! You are indeed the Guru of efficiency! 😁

"The driving skills of other journalists" is one of the reasons why they write so much nonsense about the range of electric vehicles. These are the same people who call a useless piece of plastic on the back "diffuser" or pay the most attention to the fart function in a Tesla.

Still rocking the 22kwh version of the Zoe. Its just a great car.

Loved this video, finally we are seeing reality, cars for the masses. Renault so brilliant, doing their part with plastic and battery recycling = BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love the way how you breakdown every detail while reviewing. Like that range per kilowatt

When Renault will give Dacia old Zoe and sell it with start price 10k, the electric car sales will go boom :)

The Zoe has 'come of age.' This is a very significant car. Superb.

Leasing the battery and keeping it with the same shape is just genious. If they allow swapping the battery on the same lease when a more energy-dense one comes around, that will be monumental!

I have a cold and I am stuck at home! It was a pretty miserable start of the day... but this video brought smile on my face once more. I have been in Sardinia many times and I am a proud owner of the first generation Zoe. The commentary of this marvelous car on a background of much loved beaches was a short holiday for me. Many thanks to all the @fullychargedshw team!!

METRIC for ever. Thanks

The sheer quality of this show is just mind blowing.

That range is really just perfect (at least for me). Enough to do even longer journeys with quick charging.

I love the "fleet" of Zoes. What a beautiful place and thank you for the tour

Red Dwarf is on Netflix ... Love this guy.

Well done Renault again. As usual Fully Charged is the best with its reviews and banter. A real mix of EVs. Excellent.

i love that you youse metric units!!

What I love about this channel is, if this was a review for an ICE Clio or Yaris I wouldn’t be watching it. And I’m a die hard petrol head but I think the masses need to go EV and leave the nice ICE cars to the enthusiasts.

Great video guys 👍🏻

Lovely car, I do admire an affordable EV like this far more than yet another hyper-expensive car that mere mortals can't afford (hi Porsche!). It's a lot more impressive to make an affordable EV than a "money is no object" supercar. I've yet to use a fast charger in my electric Kona, I just top it up at home from a regular wall socket, or at friends and I've not run out of juice yet. But I will admit to being very smug when (twice now!) driving past ICE drivers with a jerrycan, trundling back from a petrol station. :)

We will be ordering a Aconite GT Line Renault Zoe to replace our 2018 Dynamique Nav ZE40 - I was tempted by the ID3 until I saw the horrible dashboard so this will be our 3rd Zoe we still have a 2013 22kw Dynamique Zen with 82,000 miles

First class explanation-best I have heard for a long time

It's always been a pleasure to have your pleasant and friendly presence in the show, Mr. Lewellyn.

6:18 At just over 4m in length, the Zoe is really a "B"-segment vehicle, like the Clio, Polo, and Fiesta. The Leaf would be a better example of a C-segment, as that's significantly larger.

A decent car just got better. Range is excellent. Charging capability is adequate. Financially it remains a long term proposition in the sense that it is expensive for the segment but with long term ownership it will end up costing the same or cheaper than an ICE equivalent. It also appears that currently The Zoe does not depreciate badly.

Fully Charged is now so well made, it's no longer 'a video', they are programmes, shows, episodes, everything we used to watch TV for. Great work FC team! And I like the car too..

Renault need to have a word with some of their dealers. My mum in law wanted to have a test drive of a Zoe. She was told she would only be able to see it and certainly wouldn't be able to do what she wanted to do, which was a 10-15 mile round trip on a stretch of motorway to see what the actual consumption will be on the sort of journey she'd be likely to do (Canterbury to Nottingham and then to the North East). She was told "we don't do that sort of thing" so she walked away and will not return.

That's amazing how far this car has advanced in a relatively short time, the range of modern electric cars is not much of an issue and the cost is getting better. I suspect EVs will soon be the popular option.

"Juice Gap" will forever onward be part of the EV lexicon.

Thank you for the wonderful review!! :) Looks like a great, practical EV! 😊👍🏼

Great video Rob, shame you don't get much time in the cars on these press days. You can't show everything in such a limited time, but what you do is entertaining and informative. Keep up the good work and I hope to see a more in depth review later in the year!

I bought my last Zoe after watching your R90 video and this might be the same. Per chance did you test something we Zoe owners are all wondering about. Can you start the pre conditioning from the remote. On the current Zoe you can turn on the heating or cooling from the remote. This is a very cool feature which we are suspicious might be missing on the new car. would be good to know. As always, love the show

I can't believe it. I was there and wondering about the " strange" license plate for Sardinia. It was an extraordinary sunny and hot week for mid September.

Great review (as ever!!!). Lovely looking scenery and a great looking car. Renault seem to have improved in all the right places over the already very good ZE40. Thanks again for one of your very entertaining reviews (juice gap - very technical).

You guys are awesome....both yourself Rob and Johnny make great videos and always look forward to the next episode im based in Melbourne, AUS.... and its so frustrating that the government isn't doing enough to help establish electric cars down under. Keep up the great work !!!! :)

I honestly really like it. Very tempted to get one as it is actually really cheap. A used one in a year will be a real bargain

I grew up in Daventry. I defy you to find a Small town with a better selection of charity shops and estate agents!

Thanks. Quite an interesting and fun report! I would have just like to see a little more of that beautiful location!

Wow! So affordable compared with all the other EV offerings out there. But those of us in America are left with the Leaf and it’s charging and battery management issues and the Bolt with it’s quality issues. I wish Renault would return to the US market. Thanks for another great video!

We're 2018 Zoe 40 owners and it's almost perfect for our needs, so I'm super excited about this. Our three gripes with the current model: 1. 22kw AC charge is good for AC, but not great as the highest option. 50kw CCS and the bigger battery will be game-changing for us. 2. The current interiors have some leather in them, which was a difficult moment as my wife is vegan - all the eco credentials of the new interior are amazing (and it looks better) 3. And this really is the killer: The automated traffic light / speed limit / camera alerts which you cannot switch off completely. Every junction in London triggers it, and interrupts any music or radio you have on in some way. The premium trim comes with a big chunky bose system in the boot, but you can't enjoy the experience you've paid for without these frequent cut-outs. It's not the rest of the screen stuff, which looks like it was conceived in 1998, because most 2018 cars are like that. But this one 'helpful feature' is the single most annoying thing in the whole car and we have considered cancelling our lease many times because of it. It's so persistently intrusive and aggravating. If someone else is able to get a ride in one of these new ones, could you have a play with the screen and gps system to see if gripe #3 is still an issue? If they have solved it I'll be on my way to the Renault dealer before I've finished reading your comment.

Re the standing start acceleration, this is something that you get plenty of in the Kona electric in sport mode, but it's often so much torque that the wheels just spin all over the place. Wheel spin is basically guaranteed if there is a drop of water on the road. I don't mind a jot but it's actually much more practical to drive in Eco and have the car measure out its acceleration more carefully, like the Zoe appears to do here at 17:50.

A great video well presented and I was not jealous that much. It seems Renault have really got to grips with their car design and performance and a great range. Overall the Zoe is now really an amazing car. Looking forward to when I can upgrade.

What many people don't understand about driving a car efficiently is that it is NOT about driving slowly and in a dull way, it about understanding the physics and engineering of the technology. It is about driving in a predictive way and positively - ie accelerate at about 20-30% power in a diesel or 15-20% power in a petrol car which you will find is actually quite rapid. You will feel this point on the accelerator when you get used to the car. A predictive way mean reading the road, understand the road marking which means you don't need the brakes except at junctions. I generally get the manufactures mpg on cars once I get used to them, and I drive in a positive way - not slowly, I am never at the front of a queue of traffic. I am still learning the most efficient way to drive my (new to me) plug in hybrid as electric motors have a different characteristics, but for me it so much nicer driving on electric and just the driving experience alone is way better.

Was sat behind a Zoe today, surprised to see incandescent brake lamps!

I can’t wait to buy a Honda E in a few years when the lease on my Diesel car is up this is definitely a second choice for me now its a 20 mile round trip to work for me so I could go all week without charging basically.

Hello Stuart! We like the people who keep fully charged fully charged.

I have had a ZE40 for over two years and bought the battery. To do the mileage I do leasing the battery would have been £79 per month. My main problem with battery lease is that I have been told by dealers that selling a used car with a standing charge is more difficult even if it doesn't cost much to fill up. If you buy the battery there is an eight year warranty too. You are correct about chargers as always. If destination chargers were ubiquitous then range would be far less important, the Zoe's can do nearly all the return trips I do without charging though.

Robert, I can't get over how well you've improved your production values for your videos. Would it be possible on ReGen to do a "behind the scenes" video, where you show how the video sausage is made?

The car companies always showcase their cars in hot twisty mountainous areas for battery and lifestyle purposes. I’d be more impressed if they promoted then on a motorway on cold rainy Scottish day.

You are converting me to electric car ownership, good information 👍

The focal point of this camera is on point.

I actually get allways near the WLTP range of 300 km with my Zoe, sometimes even 320 :)

I wish Renault would come to the US market. I would love to buy one of these.

We have driven our ZE40 (in the same blue) for 2 and a half years, 25.000 km, and it‘s brilliant. We practically only charge at home with up to 22 kW, but mostly with 11 kW renewables. We generally aim to a SOC between 20 and 80%. At 100% SOC we still get 320 km of range announced in summer. By the way: of course we still bike a lot and NEVER fly. 😁

Thank you for comparing your fuel efficiency compared to other drivers. It gives a much clearer idea on the true fuel efficiency of the car. I often wonder what mileage I will get compared to journalists, but consider myself a more fuel efficient driver. That said, I live in a mountain city and have both highway and city driving to take into the equation. I think the Zoe is a good, realistic and practical option for many. Robert, if you haven't done so already, I think an in-depth video on fuel efficient driving would be great. Think acceleration, gears, incline, decline, braking etc. There seems to be a lot of misconception about high vs. low gears in the US especially.

If people know what's good for them, Renault will sell massive numbers of these cars.

A pity how electric cars are not affordable outside of First World countries. I'd love to have a Zoe as a daily driver but it costs a bomb here in Malaysia.

and then the 208 E came and the Zoe is history!

This is a very nice looking car, good improvement on the battery as well as the range, i think Renault is getting it right and they are making their way to the great future in the electric market, for me the range is everything.

I will have you know Mr. 65 Percent, Daventry is lovely (and hilly).

Absolutely superb film making, I am always impressed, worthy of any TV motoring show (in the world). What I cannot understand is there are 6 people who clicked the dislike button, why? were you not loved as children?

Nice review.

Daventry looks lovely guys

They won't sell this in the US but it's interesting to see what's going on in Europe. Kind of disappointed that the efficiency seems a bit lower than the Kona given that it looks smaller, although it's still decent efficiency. But it's also cheaper. It definitely raises the bar on the entry-level for sure.

Zoe is a B segment car not a C segment car. Clio/Zoe is B segment, Megane is C segment

love the competition

I really like your video! Hope to meet you somewhere around the world!

The issue with battery rental was and is it puts buyers off going electric as people assume the car maker is ripping them off in some way ( I believe they are but that is not as important as what they assume). The other question that needs answering in the first minute of the review is what's the thermal management system is because if its not active liquid cooling it needs to go on the advise to avoid list.

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I like that it tells you how much regen is putting back. My egolf does it but burried in a menu on the main screen

The Zoe is simply pure - got rid of any bullshit that one wouldn't need anyway, is super efficient, has a good range, looks decent (not quite overwhelming, neither awful), and most importantly: Is affordable! I really like it. Renault does sooo much right with this.

Great a car we can ....nearly afford!

would be great if all petrol stations had fast chargers

This trip was great with this percent of battery. I like it! 🙂

Thanks for the great review Robert. I love the progress of the batteries over the years, and in the same footprint - amazing. 22kW AC is excellent. My 2018 Leaf only does 7kW on AC. Our local Aldi has 22kW chargers and it's annoying to only be able to use 7kW of that 22. On the other hand, as others have said, the 50kW on DC seems paltry at this point. I guess we can never have it all, can we?

I was expecting you to say "I'm just going to engage smug mode" after phone started charging inductively

Good review. Too bad Renault doesn't sell cars in the US. See you in Austin!

Great review Robert! The charging properly explained too. Will suffice for 80% users. Just hoped it would top 100DC just cause it secures the coming years with competition.

We bought the 40KW this June. Very good car. And we life on Tenerife. Higher mountains and hotter. The ZOE is brilliant. We normally change our car very two years because of the high mileage (35000 km pro year on the island 👀). I am looking forward to buy the 52KW in 2021. 🍾🌋

3:33 Dude, you are in Sardinia, not England. Drive on the right! ;)

Are you ever going you ever going to review the MG ZS EV?

Amazing car. Love it..send then to Grenada for some mountain testing

I love this new new gen Zoe`s looks, it looks so much better than the previous model, not that the old one looks bad, this just looks better.

Why forward for reverse and reverse for forward? Somewhat counterintuitive no?

Renault: pick a car Journalist: guess I’ll take the blue one I like that they put the charging port in the front.

Great vid, thanks! Recently took delivery of a Kia Optima PHEV company car. Amazed at the amount of time I travel just on pure electric and how sublime the powertrain is. Am sorely tempted to trade in my old petrol city runabout for this new Zoe.....And to get an electric motorcycle!!!

Just about to buy one in France. Will lease batteries because of good Assistance cover included. For second hand Zoe’s at moment Renault France is offering promo of 1euro a month for 12 months for leasing batteries, but I want the new one! Another great video, thanks.

"For global prices and battery lease options please see the link in the description" - I don't think any of the links in the description covers this?

Must say I really prefer Robert's drive reviews over Jonny's (love Jonny's too but they remind me a bit too much of fossil car reviews). Keep sharing the task between the two of you please.

Nice scenery Rob, and car, but will you be testing the new MG ZS ev very soon? Would appreciate that very much! Thanks.

with the music... i was expecting Robert to bust into song with a chorus line bursting in like a Busby Berkeley movie, which would have been awesome!

Is the best place for a charging port right up front? The most common impact point? Even in a light collision could make it unchrgable 🤔

Since you are on Italian island: Any Italian viewers here? Is there any Italian language podcast / YT channel about EVs, renewables you could recommend?

The comparison in terms of kWh for petroleum cars and electric cars is the biggest advantage for the electric cars If we burned the petroleum for electricity it would still be more efficient to drive an electric one versus a petroleum one. Thank you, superb video. Proud to be french :)

Great vid. How about doing a vid on the various home battery storage solutions -- compare makes, features, capacities, *prices*, and prices per kWh of storage. Not just the Tesla Powerwall, but as many of the various competitors you can get to participate? Just a suggestion....

I mean, it's actually the best electric vehicle because of its size it matches perfectly the cities

Would love if reviewers used Wh/km metric. It is much more intuitive, atleaat to me.

If my current finance agreement was closer to its renewal, I'd be putting my name down for one now. My current consideration would be between this or the VW I.D3. Love the review!

"Small and cheap" is really something I wish we got in the US. Lot's of people are just taking on more debt to own cars and that's just not sustainable. The mileage in this is better than a lot of bigger more expensive models. I'm holding on hope that when Peugeot comes to the US they bring the e-208 over.