GOODBYE CHARGING ANXIETY
Buy an electric car and no longer have the anxiety of charging, even on the motorway? For now it’s still a dream, but there Renault Filante Record 2025 wants to demonstrate that the technology to get there already exists. On the UTAC circuit in Morocco, this laboratory car has established an important efficiency record: 1.008 km routes with just one loadmaintaining an average speed of 102 km/h and achieving the objective of exceeding one thousand kilometers traveled in 10 hours, including technical breaks and driver changes. A result that points to demolish prejudice according to which battery-powered cars are only suitable for city routes.
THE STANDARD “BATTERY”.
A non-minor detail is that under the tapered bodywork there is not a huge and very heavy battery hidden. The technical basis of Renault Filante Record in fact, it presents an element of continuity with series production: the 87 kWh battery pack. This is the same unit used on the Renault Scénic E-Tech, chosen by the technicians of the French company to demonstrate that theautonomy it does not depend exclusively on the capacity of the accumulator, but on the overall efficiency of the vehicle.
At the end of the 1,008 km, the on-board systems still recorded 11%. residual chargecorresponding to approximately 120 km of additional potential autonomy. The consumption average recorded was 7.8 kWh/100 kma value significantly lower than the 16-18 kWh/100 km averaged in current C-segment electric cars in similar conditions.
LIGHTWEIGHT AND AERODYNAMIC
Achieving these results was made possible by a drastic reduction in overall mass. There Renault Filante Record it tips the scales at 1,000 kg, a result achieved thanks to the extensive use of carbon fiber and Scalmalloy, an alloy of aluminium, magnesium and scandium processed using metallic 3D printing.
Aerodynamics plays an equally central role: the bodywork has been shaped to minimize the resistance coefficientsacrificing internal habitability in favor of the fluidity of flows. The mechanics have also been simplified by removing the physical connections traditional: the steering and braking systems are of the by-wire type, therefore managed entirely via electrical impulses, a solution that has allowed further weight savings by eliminating heavy and bulky mechanical components.
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