Renault Twingo E-Tech Unveiled as Brand’s Smallest EV with 263 km Range

The all-new Renault Twingo E-Tech is now the brand’s smallest EV, featuring up to 263 km of WLTP range.

Renault is continuing its hot streak of reviving iconic nameplates for the modern era, this time around it's the Twingo, which is now transformed into a quirky city electric hatch. Initially previewed as a concept two years ago, the new Renault Twingo E-Tech now stood as the brand’s smallest and most affordable EV to date, while retaining the unique design cues that made the nameplate famous back in the 1990s.

The production model retains most of the concept’s design cues, including the unique half-circle LED headlights and taillights, as well as the overall profile of this super-compact hatch. That said, some notable changes have been made to it, including the lower air intake on the front bumper, more conventional door handles, and 18-inch wheels with an aero-optimised spoke design.

Dimension-wise, the Twingo E-Tech spans just 3,790 mm long, 1,646 mm wide, and 1,557 mm tall with a wheelbase of 2,490 mm, thus putting it in the same category as other European supermini EVs such as the Fiat 500e, Leapmotor T03, and many more.

Despite its small stature, the Twingo E-Tech gets a pretty practical and well-equipped cabin with a five-seater layout that Renault claims can fit five adults in a relatively comfortable manner. If that’s not enough, its 360-litre standard boot space is twice the amount of what the Fiat 500e offers, and it can be expanded to over 1,000 litres once the rear seats are folded down.

As for the cabin itself, you’ll be greeted by a quirky yet stylish front dash setup laced with oblong design elements, while housing key tech amenities like a 7-inch digital metre cluster, a 10-inch main infotainment unit with built-in Google services, and a MINI-style virtual avatar known as Reno. If the quirky cabin isn’t French enough for your liking, there’s also the bespoke sound effects and jingles composed in collaboration with renowned French composer Jean-Michel Jarre.

As for the more important bits, the new Twingo E-Tech underpins Renault’s own AmpR Small platform that is also used in both the Renault 4 and Renault 5, as well as their Nissan counterpart, the Micra. That said, the EV hatch is only offered with a single 27.5-kWh LFP battery pack sourced from CATL instead of the larger 40 or 52 kWh options offered to its bigger siblings.

Renault claims the tiny pack is good enough to provide the Twingo E-Tech up to 263 km of EV range, and that is based on the more stringent WLTP cycle. But given its small capacity, it's no surprise that its DC charging speed is capped at only 50 kW, which sees a 10-80% charge completed in 30 minutes.

Propelling the tiny Twingo E-Tech is a single, front-mounted (FWD) electric motor delivering 81 hp (60 kW) and 175 Nm, which translates to a ‘passable’ 0-100 km/h sprint time of 12.1 seconds. But thanks to its rather compact powertrain setup, Renault has managed to keep the Twingo’s weight at only 1,200 kg, and we sure hope Alpine will get their hands on this lightweight mini EV hatch soon.

Set to be manufactured at Renault Group’s Novo Mesto plant in Slovenia, the all-new Renault Twingo E-Tech is slated to hit the European market sometime later in 2026. Autocar UK reported that this mini EV hatch will be priced somewhere below the £20,000 (RM109,509) mark, thus potentially making it one of the most affordable EVs in the entire Old Continent and also putting extra pressure on Volkswagen’s upcoming ID.Every 1.