2023 Munich Motor Show - Inovev forecasts 50,000 units in 2027 and 70,000 in 2030 of the new Renault Scénic E-Tech
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2023 Munich Motor Show - Inovev forecasts 50,000 units in 2027 and 70,000 in 2030 of the new Renault Scénic E-Tech
- Renault is gradually completing its battery electric range called E-Tech. After the Mégane E-Tech launched last year and the R5 E-Tech to be launched next year, here is the Scénic E-Tech presented at the 2023 Munich Motor Show which will be marketed in 2024.
- It is a C-segment SUV derived from the Mégane E-Tech (it is therefore no longer a minivan like the Scénics marketed from 1996 to 2023). It will therefore take over the CMF-EV platform dedicated to the Renault group's battery electric compact cars, as well as the electric motor and battery (with higher capacities version) of the Mégane E-Tech. The Mégane E-Tech Electric engine is available in two power ratings: 96 kW (130 hp) and 160 kW (218 hp). The battery has a capacity of 40 kWh (300 km range) or 60 kWh (450 km range). It may also have a bigger battery capacity (more than 85 kWh) in a top range version. The dimensions of the model are not yet known, but we can recall here the technical characteristics of the Mégane E-Tech that will be found on the Scénic E-Tech.
- Like the Megane E-Tech, the Scénic E-Tech will be produced on the French site of Douai (Hauts de France). Compared to the Mégane E-Tech, it will be a bit like the ID4 is to the ID3 at Volkswagen.
- This battery electric Renault Scénic will have to try to boost sales of a model which has seen its influence decline at high speed over the past twenty years, going from 350,000 units in 2005 to 150,000 in 2008, 100,000 in 2015 and 6,000 in 2022. Inovev expects production to be 50,000 units in 2027 and 70,000 in 2030. In 2022, Renault produced 46,722 units of its Mégane E-Tech in Douai, which roughly corresponds to the carmaker's objectives.
2023 Munich Motor Show - Facelifted Opel Corsa
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2023 Munich Motor Show - Facelifted Opel Corsa
- The former European subsidiaries of the American group GM (Opel and Vauxhall) still in operation after the latter's bankruptcy in 2009 were bought by the French group PSA (Peugeot-Citroën) in 2017.
- But the sharing of platforms between Opel-Vauxhall and Peugeot-Citroën had already been implemented previously since the Opel-Vauxhall Crossland derived from the Citroën C3 Aircross and the Opel-Vauxhall Grandland derived from the Peugeot 3008 had been launched a few weeks before this purchase, their study having begun a few years earlier.
- From 2017, the PSA group decided to renew the Opel-Vauxhall Corsa in the same way (which would take over the platform and engines of the Peugeot 208) and the Opel-Vauxhall Astra (which would take over the platform and engines of the Peugeot 308). A renewal of light utility vehicles (Combo, Vivaro, Movano) was implemented in parallel.
- It was in 2019 that the new Opel-Vauxhall Corsa derived from the Peugeot 208 was launched. At the 2023 Munich Motor Show, its mid-life restyled version appeared, the model to be replaced in 2026 by a new battery electric Corsa(currently, the Corsa is available in a thermal version and in a battery electric version).
- Opel-Vauxhall has announced that it will only offer 100% cars in its range from 2028 (all models combined), seven years ahead of the timetable set by the European Commission. It remains to be seen whether this objective will be maintained given that several European countries are not ready for a battery electric new car market in 2035.
2023 Munich Motor Show - Opel Experimental Concept
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2023 Munich Motor Show - Opel Experimental Concept
- Opel has been a subsidiary of the Stellantis group since 2021, having been a subsidiary of PSA from 2017 to 2021 and a subsidiary of GM from 1929 to 2017. The Opel Experimental Concept is a study presented at the 2023 Munich Motor Show which announces the design of the second generations of the Crossland and Grandland scheduled for 2024 and especially the battery electric Manta scheduled for 2025.
- Opel (with its British subsidiary Vauxhall) is a brand in great difficulty because it has continued to decline in sales volume and market share in Europe for the past twenty years. While it still produced more than 1,600,000 vehicles in 2005, it will only produce 600,000 vehicles in 2022 (-62.5% drop), while the European passenger cars and light utility vehicles market (Opel only sells in Europe) fell during this period from 17.5 million to 13 million (-25% decrease).
- Opel, like Ford Europe, saw its sales fall facing the competition from Japanese and then Korean carmakers who were operating in the same price zone. Even Volkswagen has taken market share from Opel, the fact being particularly striking for the Opel Astra which was ousted by the Volkswagen Golf and for the Opel D-segment sedans (Vectra then Insignia) which were ousted in part by the Volkswagen Passat. Added to this was the delay taken by Opel in the SUV category and the dark period of diesel engine quality problems which impacted Opel's brand image. The German brand then had to source diesel engines from Fiat, but this period was interrupted by the sale of Opel to the French group PSA in 2017. The creation of Stellantis in 2021 must respond to the difficulty of managing competing generalist brands such as Opel, Fiat, Peugeot and Citroën.
2023 Munich Motor Show - Battery electric Opel Astra Sports Tourer
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2023 Munich Motor Show - Battery electric Opel Astra Sports Tourer
- Opel (a subsidiary of the Stellantis group), which will present the battery electric Astra Sports Tourer at the 2023 Munich Motor Show, wants to become the most electrified European brand in 2024.
- Indeed, the entire range of the carmaker will soon be available in a version with battery electric motorization.
1. Are already available in a battery electric version: the Corsa(B-segment sedan), the Mokka(B-Segment), the Astra (C-segment sedan) as well as the light utility vehicles Combo (N1-1), Vivaro (N1-2) and Movano (N1-3).
2. Will be available in a battery electric version in 2024: the Crossland (B-segment SUV) and Grandland (C-segment SUV) will be available in a battery electric version when they are renewed in 2024.
- As for the D-segment sedan, the Insignia, it has just disappeared and will never have a battery electric version. But a new D-segment model (possibly named Manta) is expected to launch in 2025 or 2026 with a battery electric motor. Opel says it wants to offer only battery electric vehicles from 2028.
- What is the market share of Opel brand battery electric vehicles in the first 5 months of 2023? BEVs represent 13% of Corsa sales during this period, 24% of Mokka sales, 12% of Combo sales, 27% of Vivaro sales. For the Astra and the Movano, it is still too early to have significant figures.
- We can analyse that according to this data, it will be difficult for Opel to achieve its goal of only selling battery electric vehicles in five years.
2023 Munich Motor Show - The Tesla Model Y becomes the best-selling model in the world in the first quarter of 2023
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2023 Munich Motor Show - The Tesla Model Y becomes the best-selling model in the world in the first quarter of 2023
- In addition to being the best-selling car in Europe in the first quarter of 2023 and then in the first four months of 2023, the Tesla Model Y has become during this same period the best-selling car in the world. This is the first time that a battery electric model has reached this rank of world leader, which tells a lot about the global demand for electric motorization and Tesla's ability to meet this demand, both in the United States, Europe and China. Tesla has updated the concept of a global model that target customers around the world.
- The Tesla Model Y recorded 428,000 sales in the first four months of 2023, well ahead of the former world market leaders, namely the Ford F-Series pickup (276,000 sales) and the Toyota Corolla sedan (230,000 sales). At this rate, the Tesla Model Y could reach a record volume of 1.2 to 1.3 million sales for the whole year, which no model has managed to reach so far.
- The Toyota RAV4 (229,000 sales) and the Tesla Model 3 (220,000 sales) are in fourth and fifth position behind the three models mentioned above. Tesla and Toyota therefore each place two of their models in the world Top 5.
- Ford F-Series pickup competitors are well placed, with the Chevrolet Silverado being 6th and the Ram pickup 9th. The Honda CRV, direct competitor of the Toyota RAV4 is in 7th position. Toyota still places three other models in the world's Top 25: the Toyota Camry is 8th, the Toyota Corolla Cross is 11th and the Toyota Hilux pickup is 16th. Honda places two other models in the world Top 25: the Honda Accord is 18th and the Honda Civic is 19th.