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Also in Europe, an old state company called Renault is beating Tesla with the R5.

• 3D30497420 9mo ago
  I just saw an R5 on the street in the bright green. Super cool looking car. There are a whole bunch of promising small EVs coming out in the EU. Hyundai Inster, VW ID.1, Kia EV2, etc.
  • philjohn 9mo ago
    Took one for a test drive - it was fun. The only downside is compared to some other compact/city EV's the legroom in the back is REALLY bad (and I'm not exactly tall). The legroom in my son's VW e-Up! is markedly better, despite it being a smaller car.
• brightball 9mo ago
  Wasn’t Renault an F1 competitor for many years?
  • rkomorn 9mo ago
    It was but I'm not sure how that's relevant. Also not sure what the point of the "old state" part of the parent comment was. Renault is just another big carmaker.
    • kgwgk 9mo ago
      It has been listed in the stock market since 1996, the French state owns 15% now (and so does Nissan).
      • rkomorn 9mo ago
        And the point is?
        • kgwgk 9mo ago
          That, like you, I have no idea what was the point of referring to Renault as an "old state company".
  • epolanski 9mo ago
    It still is, albeit they use the Alpine branding.
    • conradfr 9mo ago
      And not developing their own motor since this year :(
  • LunaSea 9mo ago
    3rd place for most F1 wins as a car motor builder.
• conradfr 9mo ago
  And it's not even cheap (actually its success kind of baffles me but great I guess).