driving range with E‑Tech electric technology

If you can, leave for your appointment a few minutes early, so you can take you time and maintain the range of your E-Tech electric commercial vehicle.

Turn on the heating or air conditioning while the car is still plugged in, and you’ll reduce their use during your journey and save your battery. If you need to heat the cabin while driving, opt for seat and steering wheel heating*, as it is faster and consumes less energy.

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When you stop, prevent heat loss and reduce the need to reheat by not leaving doors and windows open.

Putting the vehicle in an enclosed garage or car park moderates temperature variations. This thermal protection reduces the need for energy-hungry heating and air conditioning systems, optimising battery life.

With the My Renault app⁷, you can quickly find available charging points between appointments and therefore plan your routes. You may even be able to plug the vehicle in during your appointment or near your site, ready for your return journey.

Yes, temperature does have an impact on the car’s range, especially in cold conditions. As both the motor and the heater draw on the battery, the battery will drain faster when the car is heated, and can therefore supply electricity to the motor for less time.

Our tips for maintaining the range of your E‑Tech electric commercial vehicle in winter:

• park your vehicle indoors,
• precondition the vehicle’s interior when it is plugged in, so the battery will be used for the motor rather than temperature control,
• make sure your tyres are properly inflated.

Our dedicated solution: Renault Kangoo E-Tech electric is equipped with a heat pump that recovers the heat generated by the battery and the motor to heat the cabin and better manage the car’s range, even in winter.

Tip: the heated seats and steering wheel (winter pack⁸) enhance your thermal comfort while optimising your electric vehicle’s overall consumption.

All E-Tech electric commercial vehicles are suitable for motorway driving.

To manage driving range on your business trips, you just need to keep a few things in mind:

• the faster you drive, the more energy your vehicle consumes (as with a combustion-powered vehicle). on motorways, ideally limit your speed to 68 miles per hour;
• the My Renault app locates fast-charging stations on your route. These charging points allow you to recover up to 186 miles of WLTP range (or 124 miles on motorways) in just 38 minutes (to go from 15% to 80% charge on  Master E-Tech using a 130 kW DC (350 A) fast charger);
• optimise the weight carried by your vehicle in order to limit its traction.
  

The importance of battery ageing must be put into perspective. Our 13 years of experience with Li-Ion batteries means we can 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:

• charging the battery from 80% to 100% using fast charging takes as long as charging from 15% to 80%;
• if the battery is not fully charged, the electric motor regenerates it during each deceleration.
  

Batteries for Renault E-Tech electric commercial vehicles are guaranteed for 8 years or 100,000 miles (whichever comes first). As with any battery-powered electronic device, natural degradation occurs. The battery is guaranteed to maintain at least 70% of its initial capacity over the warranty period.