Renault celebrates new R4 EV and electrical mobility with TheArsenale and 4 French start-ups

This assorted assortment of up to date transportation gadgets is a celebration of all issues French and quirky. ‘4 Actions’ is a venture assembled by inventive company TheArsenale, put collectively in honour of the launch of the brand new Renault 4 E-Tech, first seen on the 2024 Paris Motor Present.

TheArsenale, based by Patrice Meignan, curated a group of 4 transportation start-ups, all of which embody and embrace the form of timeless, rugged fashion that Renault hopes it has embodied within the R4. ‘4 Actions represents every part we imagine in at TheArsenale – pushing boundaries, honouring legacy, and reshaping what mobility will be,’ says Meignan.

The venture follows on from an earlier collaboration, ‘5 Actions’, assembled to accompany the launch of the Renault 5 E-Tech, demonstrating that the corporate is having one thing of a renaissance, each when it comes to in-house design and artistic collaborations (we particularly appreciated the Ora-ïto-designed Renault 17 restomod from earlier in 2024).

The 4 corporations handily symbolize air, sea and water, and every design been completed within the Cloud Blue color first used on the unique Renault 4 again when it was unveiled in 1962. Lighting and supplies are additionally influenced by the brand new EV. ‘We’re proud to be partnering 4 French start-ups presenting 4 all-electric technique of mobility,’ says Renault’s world chief advertising officer Arnaud Belloni. ‘It’s a classy approach to present most of the people how e-mobility has developed to embody all types of transport.’

First up is Toulouse-based start-up Aura Aero, with its Integral E, an electrical two-seater non-public plane that’s provided as a gateway to zero-emission aviation. Simply 7.26m lengthy with a wingspan of 8.78m, the Integral E has a flight time of 1 hour and will be recharged in lower than half an hour.

The caravan was designed by Nantes-based Carapate Aventure, and takes its cue from the American-style teardrop journey trailer. Extremely-lightweight, the tiny 560kg caravan sleeps two and might simply be towed by an EV. An indoor-outdoor kitchen and transformable inside come as normal.

Ateliers HeritageBike construct superbly rugged electrical bikes and motorbikes, mixing retro styling with a rugged sensibility impressed by Nineteen Eighties-era off-road bikes. Its Heritage Spirit Scrambler mannequin proven right here has an ordinary vary of 110km and is hand-made on the firm’s manufacturing facility in Annecy.

Lastly, there’s Searider, which specialises in water e-bikes. Its Seacruiser mannequin has twin 22 kW electrical motors and a high velocity of as much as 55 km/h. It’ll run for as much as 90 minutes and has design components taken from the R4, most notably the headlight (a trait it shares with the Heritage Spirit Scrambler).

All 4 of the fashions proven listed below are meant for small-scale manufacturing, with preliminary orders taken on the Paris present. The intention is to have every machine prepared by spring 2025, when the primary Renault 4 EVs additionally hit the roads.