Renault Twingo

Renault Twingo the fourth-generation is the first one designed as an EV from the ground up, not adapted from a combustion car. It sits below the Renault 5 and Renault 4 E-Tech, sharing their platform, and comes as a five-door hatchback, front-wheel drive, built in Slovenia. At 3.79 metres long, it’s genuinely tiny — an actual A-segment city car, not something stretched to look small in photos.

The interesting part isn’t the styling. It’s that Renault got this under €20,000 at all. LFP cells instead of NMC, plus an engineering deal with CATL in China, did most of the work. Almost everyone else has walked away from A-segment EVs because the numbers stopped adding up. Renault’s betting it hasn’t.

Battery and range

The pack is 27.5 kWh usable, LFP chemistry, cell-to-pack construction from CATL. The motor puts out 60 kW (82 hp) to the front wheels. WLTP range is 263 km on 16-inch wheels; go up to the Techno’s 18-inch wheels and that drops to roughly 250 km.

In practice, expect something closer to 110–150 miles, depending on the season and how heavy your foot is. On the press drive in Ibiza — warm roads, gentle pace — one journalist got close to 5.0 miles/kWh, which is good for a car this size. Whether that holds up through a cold January is a different question; LFP cells are notorious for shedding range in low temperatures, and Renault’s app-based preconditioning helps without solving it completely.

Charging

Renault Twingo onboard charger does 6.6 kW AC as standard, which covers an overnight home charge without issue. Want more? Renault sells an Advanced Charge Pack — about €490 in Italy at launch — that bumps you to 11 kW AC and adds 50 kW DC fast charging. On a 50 kW public charger, that’s roughly 30 minutes for a 10-80% top-up.

One thing to check before you order: DC charging is standard in Germany but an optional extra everywhere else Renault sells this. The 11 kW charger also supports V2L (up to 3.7 kW) and V2G, where your country and home setup allow it.

Price and trims

Renault Twingo Evolution trim launches at €19,500 across Europe from spring 2026. UK pricing should stay under £20,000, though Renault hasn’t nailed down exact trim-level numbers for Britain yet.

Evolution gets a 6.6 kW AC charger, a 10-inch touchscreen, manual air con, a sliding rear bench, and 16-inch wheels. Techno steps up to the 11 kW bidirectional charger, OpenR Link with Google baked in, a digital rear camera, adaptive cruise, one-pedal driving, and 18-inch wheels.

Where it fits against the competition

Within lineup, the Renault Twingo sits at the bottom — the 5 and 4 are both bigger, faster, and more expensive. This one’s built for city errands, not motorway trips.

Its real rivals are the Citroën ë-C3 and the BYD Dolphin Surf. The Dacia Spring undercuts it on price, but you’re trading away range and tech to get there.

The ë-C3 is the closest spec-for-spec match. It has slightly better base range and Citroën’s Free2Move network gives it a broader charging footprint — but it has no V2L or V2G, and its own AC charging maxes out at 7 kW anyway, so the on-paper advantage shrinks once you look closer.

Renault’s case for the car is straightforward: the average French driver covers 35 km a day, well inside what the Twingo can handle on a single charge. Anyone with a longer commute or regular motorway driving is better served by the Renault 5.