![]() ![]() ![]() Well, much like the exterior, there isn’t much difference from the combustion engined Capturs. You do get a free wallbox from BP Chargemaster though. In real-world driving it’ll depend how regularly you make trips that are longer than 30 miles. Renault claims 188.3mpg and 34g/km on the WLTP cycle, but then this is a PHEV so that’s a brilliantly unsensible answer. It’s a crossover, so it’s far from what you’d call exciting, but this second-gen is civilised enough and more than acceptable for daily life.Ī brilliantly sensible question. It’s all very well thought-through stuff, and the Captur reflects that in the way it rides and handles. Pure is Renault’s name for all-electric drive, whilst E-Save allows you to run on the (rather gruff) engine alone and save at least 40 per cent of EV power for later urban driving. You’ll most often use the automatic MySense setting though, which still offers reasonably linear acceleration with less of the rubber banding sounds you get in a CVT gearboxed hybrid. Ambitious.Īnyway, that Sport mode offers the powertrain’s full forward potential. That may not seem like the most pertinent stat here, but put the Captur into Sport mode and the central screen shows a picture of it on a track. The hybrid system combines to produce a total of 158bhp and 257lb ft of torque, which in turn means a top speed of 107mph and a 0-62mph time of 10.1 seconds. Well the first thing to note is that the E-Tech is now the most powerful Captur available for UK buyers. At £30,495, though, the E-Tech PHEV in S Edition trim is around £5,000 more than the equivalently specced 128bhp 1.3-litre petrol Captur. It may be complicated, but Renault also assures us this is a value-for-money system. ![]() ![]() The battery is a 9.8kWh unit and takes between three and four hours for a full charge thanks to a maximum 3.6kW feed. There’s no reverse gear in that fancy gearbox either – that’s dealt with using only electricity. The engine’s super clever control unit apparently provides up to 15 different combinations of power source and ratio. The larger of the two aforementioned electric motors drives the front wheels, either on its own for 30 miles at speeds of up to 83mph, or in combination with the petrol engine depending on your choice of drive mode. My only option appears to be getting a wallbox and cable cover, then hoping my neighbours save me a spot outside the house (yeah, right).Gladly. The one Source London charge point that I tried didn’t have a socket for my 16-Amp cable, and with no fast-charge cable supplied with the Leon, it was game over. So I would end up using most of any extra charge added while shopping simply getting home again. The nearest one is less than five miles away, but in London traffic that equates to an extra 20 minutes each way. Unfortunately, none of the nearby supermarkets that I use has chargers. Luckily the house is close enough to the street to run a cable out through the front door, but it takes an age to get a meaningful charge through the three-pin plug and it’s a non-starter having the door open for hours in cold weather. Like many city dwellers I have a 1930s semi, but it doesn’t come with the driveway that many of my country-based colleagues take for granted. Its claimed electric range of up to 40 miles should cover the majority of my ‘dad’s taxi’ and shopping journeys around town. In theory the Leon FR e-Hybrid is an ideal vehicle for my family’s urban lifestyle. ![]()
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