i wish 22kW AC was normal, much cheaper to install than DCFC and if you install 10-15 of them at a supermarket, you're going to be there for a while, i'd be happy with this
I don't think that it's useful at a supermarket. Don't know about your visits but I'm usually out within a half hour, quite often in 15 minutes. That would give me some 10kWh at best. Hardly worth connecting. 22kW (and even 50kW DCFC) are in the weird void where I can't find a useful case for - it's uselessly fast for overnight charging and too slow for every other occasion. Maybe something like visiting a cinema, where one stays 2-3hours but that's a bit too niche to reliably charge a car.
Very true. Tesla with 22kW charger here. At malls I always charge AC....cheaper and I don't have to interrupt shopping to move the car because charging is completed. But the future has to be bidirectional DC only. No point for the car to carry charging equipment and cables.
The 22 kW is really nice here in France. Many little villages have 22 kW chargers, which are good to have as a backup when nothing faster is nearby. Unfortuntely my Id3 doesn't have it :(
Very entertaining and you work very hard on these, and you can tell you enjoy the experience....most times. I've seen many of your clips, but I haven't seen many real world driving, say over a week of shopping etc. probably not your scene. Still most are entertaining and informative. Thanks
Megane E-Tech at 100% SOC on display will happily continue charging for 15 more minutes and receive additional 3.5 kWh! The 100% SOC display is a bit misleading. And you observed that Nissan Ariya at 100% SOC also kept charging for many minutes.
I’m pretty convinced that the charging brakes are for the BMS to recalibrate the SOC during the charging process in order to prevent overcharging or stopping the charge before it’s actually 100%.
These faulty press cars likely, experienced every driver changing all the settings and going into menus no one would ever look at, turning things off and changing the core settings. Maybe complete a factory reset when you pick up the car, might reduce some of the bugs.
I think the big 22kW charger could have so much worse efficiency at lower power levels that they've decided to make it so that when the battery is starting to get full and a normal charger would lower its power output to a lower constant level, the charger instead drops all power from time to time instead, to avoid operating in the region of bad efficiency. There are many other possibities too, though, like a temperature sensor in the type 2 connector and the connector being worn out or dirty and heating up too much. I do love some 22kW AC charging!
I have only the small screen without google, but from the four cars I have driven so far (Kona, Enyaq, Corsa) the Megane has the best Androids Auto. It starts wireless immediatelly and maps works as if it would be integrated.
14,8 kWh/100km (or a bit less due to correction) is not in line "Ioniq go home" ;-) My average consuption for whole 2 years is 13,3 in Finland with trips at -20°C
Thank you for the review, Bjørn. I'm so glad you referred to the HK sound system. Car reviewers rarely focus any time on the audio. I ordered the Mégane Launch model because of the HK sound system. Sadly, in the UK we get a very reduced spec for the top model, but it's still a fantastic car and my car was built yesterday so I'm very excited now. Keep up the great work.
Hi Bjorn nice video as always. I'm getting a Megane next week. I'm a bit confused because Renault is saying that 60kwh is the net capacity. (63kwh total capacity) This is weird
looking at 3 different cars at the moment, this, the MG4 and the Citroen e-C4. this is top of the list for me. MG4 misses even basic things like rear interior lights and vents for the kids, and citroen seems so slow. This seems to tick most boxes. Sadly the biggest screen isn't available in the UK weirdly.
Back in the day, when subs were only available via aftermarket 3rd party audio gear install, the sub was always in the trunk (or rear hatch). Still is the case today for the most part.
I am really happy with my Zoe 22kW and its 22kWh charging. Unfortunately the public chargers are usually 11 or lower here in The Netherlands. Not sure why. With 22kWh chargers I would be able to go for 500km-ish trips from time to time but not with the 7-11 kW ones I usually see in The Netherlands and Belgium
Wish every car has 22kw option, here in Italy almost every AC charging point is 22kw. Not having the charger at home with my ZOE is very usefull to be able to charge to that speed.
I've already experienced this kind of cut-off several times with my Model 3 during a charge at 11 kW. Problem of unstable voltage on the terminal which made peaks of more than 240V. No problem on other stalls. You can see here voltage dropping below 380V when cutting off. Should be the reason. 3 phases current must be between 380V and 415V.
When charging with 22 kW charger the voltage was just above 380 V instead of nominal 400V in three phase system. When charging power went down in the video the supply voltage dropped below 380. So there might be somekind undervoltage protection in onboard charger which cuts charging in 380 volts.
Thank you for your test. I‘m a little bit irritated about your result. Last week I did a 180km trip and back with my E-Tech under similar conditions: 4°C-12°C, Comfort mode, temperature set to 21°C. Most on german autobahn speed set to 120km/h sometimes 130km/h . Consumption for the 360km was 18,5kWh/100km. Have you planned your trip with the car navigation including charging stops? Because the E-Tech will then automatically prepare the battery for charging. The result is a much higher consumption….(?)
@@bjornnyland Strange….yesterday I drove from my hometown to Stuttgart and back: 217km, bad topology, 3-9degrees, car went down from 100-29%, so again average consumption of 18kWh/100km. In german Megane-forum members are telling similar experiences.
car scanner doesn't report the wrong state of charge, the car doesn't show the real state of charge in the dash. For example, in my Zoe, Car Scanner and ABRP show the same state of charge. If I got 13% in car scanner, the SoC on the dash would be 10%. If my car shows 98% SoC, Car Scanner and ABRP both show 95% state of charge. Renault seems to do some trickery with the state of charge to keep it more linear for the user.
In the UK we don't get the full size info screen, (such a shame, its all squashed into such a small area, makes it unreadable) this combined with the front wheel drive, the lack of zip in anything other than sport mode, too many fricking stalks on / around the steering wheel (what's with that?) and the lack of Vehicle to load, made me pass on the Renault Megane E-Tech. It does however look a stunning design in the flesh.
Driven the Zoe at workplace and i abosultely hate these stalks. Especially volume, and its way to mute just could be a dealbreaker to buy that car for me - maybe that would be acceptable 20-30 years ago
@@rippedupno1 I just read now: "A new three-part system employs a new heat pump to help improve efficiency over the Zoe while heat from the powertrain is also re-used to heat the cockpit." So maybe it actually has heat pump!
Will you be able to verify who the manufacturer of your Renault's battery is and how much will the replacement cost? the price you paid for the car? And the annual cost of car accident insurance?
Range is a bit disappointing for me. At motorway speeds around 125km/h I have less than 300km. Since I often have 350km days this doesn’t quite do. I stay with my idea I need a car that offers at least 600km WLTP.
Dear Bjorn, thnx for all the good work man! Question though: i just startded using car scanner like you do on the Megane. But it struck me that in some cars it is possible to see individual cell voltages (like the Toyota BZQWERTY4X 😉), and battery temperature, etc. I was disappointed not to be able to show that on the megane. Am I missing something?
A bit late coming in here- does the Megane have the "Always on" 12v function that Zoe has by pressing the start button with foot off the brake? stops the screen and ancillaries going to sleep while stopped at a charger.
Hi I have Renault Megane iconic from dealer last week. As long I know range is 280mi, but I’m unfortunately mine mevzine showing on display 100%- 235mi full charge, I’m so confused how come 🤷♂️ Please kindly let me know I missed something?
Normally electric cars are not able to heat or cool during AC charging. I this case the car AC/DC converter (charger) stops charging for a few moments in order to put some heat in the cabin. It is not a common behavior. Getting back to the content, as usually great one. thank you for keeping us busy in a helpful and sometimes fun way. Greeting from Romania!
Not correct. Almost all EV have options to run ac/heating/cooling during AC charging. I regulary program my Ioniq electric to be warm in the cold mornings- it Must be connected to AC charger to be able to preheat cabin.
Nice car. If I wasn’t already a happy Tesla owner, I would have considered buying one. When the French really have/want to do a good car, they can. In an other category, Alpine is great too!
Great test, can I have one little question for all - why in Czechia the Megane ev is much expensive than in Germany or Austria??! I counted with taxes and without grant and the average Euro/Cz exchange rate... :-) :-)
There is a real test range of these 2 cars on the La Chaine EV channel. It's in French. Results in a nutshell: they both perform equally well in terms of power consumption, charging time,... on a 620 km (mostly highway) trip. See th-cam.com/video/8qSr_EK-pzo/w-d-xo.html at 35 : 20
Honestly, if you were stopped for a bite to eat and hit the washroom, stretch your legs, do a few emails and texts then 1 hour would get you 20-ish kilowatt hours. Good for a top up charge but not for a bulk charge
@d t I think you can get much higher consumption with EVERY EV at an average speed of 46km/h…. that says nothing about efficiency. I can drive constantly 50km/h on a flat highway with my Megane and consumption is clearly below 10kWh/100km
Hello, in Romania, Renault Megane E-tech 40 kwh is sold with 7.4 kwh AC charging, without the possibility of ordering a fast DC charging. It seems to me that this 40 kwh model will not be sold, it is used for advertising with a low starting price
I have been driving Megane E-tech now 8200 km and I like it a lot. Precise steering and suspension, Google is awsome and efficiency ok. 22 kw ac very useful for us. The worst thing with Megane is the trunk opening button on the tailgate, and yes, it sounds ridiculous to say so, but it really sucks. And winter has not started, it may become even worse with all the ice and snow all over the button.
If it were one of my students that programmed the app for the vehicle monitor, I would fail them. The readout for V and A is super annoying to look at because the number of digits is changing all the time. 348.15V, 348.6V … amateurish
@@bjornnyland Thx, BTW could you in ypur test also check the apps that are provided by the manufacturers? Quick review about the features (like preheating f.e.) and general user experience in this matter. Would be really helpful.
I like to know the miles per kWh, would I be right in saying that Bjorn covered 338km and used 60kWh's in this challenge. If so, that would mean 225 miles and 3.75 miles per kWh. Would that be right?
Hi , thx for this really good video, i have an e-tech iconic 60kw too , could you provide the name of the app used on the phone and the modele of ODB plug ? Thx :) this app is amazing for the kw value in charge , the missing value on the app could be the temp of the battery ( for see if conditioning of the battery before rapid charging is working ) and the famous % percentage of life remaining like we could have on a iphone batt or other, thx
The auto steer issues are very telling that Nissan really doesn’t want to share tech with Renault and why they are revisiting their deal. If i remember Bjorn said pro pilot in the Ariya was very good
I'd take couple more reviews before I make that assumption. I've driven 2020 and up cars from VW, Renault, BMW, Toyota, Audi, Nissan and Tesla - adaptive cruise control and lane assist has been the best for Tesla and Renault. I also tried Renault Megane ETech for an hour and had no problems in engaging asisst. My experience of course is anecdotal but with it I encourage to look at more reviews before coming to conclusion.
@@MartinzW I know its a big sticking point in The Nissan Renault negotiations. Nissan DOES NOT want tech sharing because Renault is trying to get a partnership with Geely and will be freely sharing it’s tech findings with them. Their agreement already seems loose because Pro-Pilot is a pretty rock solid driving system that doesn’t try to favor one line or the other (my experience is with new and older Nissans with pro-pilot 2017-2023 models) seeing it hug that outside turn lane so hard is easily fixable with software but that is still pretty worrying, especially if you are using it where it wouldn’t be safe to be close to the outside lane such as back roads. At least in the US some of the mountain roads don’t have any railing and are very close to cliffs/ drops that lead to rivers
In Poland I ordered a Megane in June and I’m still waiting for the car to be manufactured. I got a call from the dealership in October telling me I will receive the car faster if I agree to modify my order to 7,4 kW OBC. Naturally, I declined, 22 kW can save your ass sometimes! It seems Renault has a pretty big backlog with existing orders, that’s why new 22 kW OBC orders are frozen.
Why don't you flash at left lane huggers? That's norm in the balkans. I mean I have been a left lane hugger and when someone flashes at me I just move over.
android auto just follow the language that you have on your phone. I have had it on norwegian and on english. but when it was on english it didnt understand me that well :D and i couldnt listen to some songs on spotify when i asked the google assitant. when you have it on english you cant listen to bjørn hellfuck :D
Nice, personally I would not be interested to buy it, but it is interesting to see. I drove the Renault Zoe quite a lot. Not the best experience with it. (Shared car service) I really do not hope more cars come with Android system. As I do not want my car choice to be unavailable due to that. Everything I use is Apple. However, I would also not want an Apple ‘carOS’ in it, as it would not be great for the android users. I think Android Auto/Apple Carplay is perfect, not intergrate it native, big minus for Polestar/Volvo and appearantly this car. (P.s. I know iphones work on it without issues, the point is that I do not want ‘Google’ itself in my car itself) What are everyone else’s thoughts about this?? And @Bjørn, are we getting Geilo tests soon again? Snow&cold is coming 🥶☃️
@@vidpetrovic8907 This ‘apple sheep’ also mentioned I do not want Apple to have an OS in the car itself. Certainly personal preference and not everyone has to agree. But calling an entire usergroup names is just childish.
@@slijkhuis It is not at all childish. You said that you do not want google because you like apple. So you want the car to be worse ?? Google is a software king, so reanult choose the best they could, and thanfully they choose google, gave us the best experience withoout sacrifices
So far wireless apple carplay seems to working decently, have not tried it on a long trip yet though. The first thing I did was turn off hey Google, and disable all the tracking that was not required. I am way less nervous about what Google does with my data than what I was with the idea of buying a Chinese car. That might be silly, just the way I feel
@@olestampevestergaard4746 I trust google with my data personally and have everything turned on, so google asistant gives me better results, since I use asistand on my phone a lot...
i wish 22kW AC was normal, much cheaper to install than DCFC and if you install 10-15 of them at a supermarket, you're going to be there for a while, i'd be happy with this
I don't think that it's useful at a supermarket. Don't know about your visits but I'm usually out within a half hour, quite often in 15 minutes. That would give me some 10kWh at best. Hardly worth connecting.
22kW (and even 50kW DCFC) are in the weird void where I can't find a useful case for - it's uselessly fast for overnight charging and too slow for every other occasion. Maybe something like visiting a cinema, where one stays 2-3hours but that's a bit too niche to reliably charge a car.
But 22 kW onboard charger are not cheap.
Very true. Tesla with 22kW charger here. At malls I always charge AC....cheaper and I don't have to interrupt shopping to move the car because charging is completed. But the future has to be bidirectional DC only. No point for the car to carry charging equipment and cables.
@@petrkubena On a small battery, 10 kWh might be your average fillup 😅
Not if you have to pay for the electricity bill, wich adds taxes if you draw more power, wich is the case over here at least…
First Renault in a long time I'm interested in. I would like to have more range but other than that this car probably does 90% of what you need.
This was something i was looking for before i bought my Megane. Love the car, range is enough for my use. 👍🏻
The 22 kW is really nice here in France. Many little villages have 22 kW chargers, which are good to have as a backup when nothing faster is nearby. Unfortuntely my Id3 doesn't have it :(
not only in France
On est d'accord...
Yes, and places close to decent restaurants and bars so you don't have to suffer the junk food that TB seems to have too much of....yuk!!
what do you mean your id3 dont have it you can buy charger online and install to your house
@@triplextriplexxx8225 It only takes 11kW AC though, that's the issue. Plugging it into a 22kW AC charger will only deliver 11kW to the iD3.
Fantastic looking car
When you asked Google what 3+4 was, my desk clock responded "7".
French knows how to put a really nice design! It make sense to have such given we would spend most of the time in the cabin
Finally there is an ID3 real competitor! It's a really smart car. Not a sedan, not an SUV, but good looking and enough roomy without being enormous.
ID.3 facelift also coming soon.
Very entertaining and you work very hard on these, and you can tell you enjoy the experience....most times. I've seen many of your clips, but I haven't seen many real world driving, say over a week of shopping etc. probably not your scene. Still most are entertaining and informative. Thanks
Megane E-Tech at 100% SOC on display will happily continue charging for 15 more minutes and receive additional 3.5 kWh! The 100% SOC display is a bit misleading. And you observed that Nissan Ariya at 100% SOC also kept charging for many minutes.
The Megane definitely gets my EVDesign 2022 award
It looks surprisingly good for a Renault indeed.
I’m pretty convinced that the charging brakes are for the BMS to recalibrate the SOC during the charging process in order to prevent overcharging or stopping the charge before it’s actually 100%.
These faulty press cars likely, experienced every driver changing all the settings and going into menus no one would ever look at, turning things off and changing the core settings. Maybe complete a factory reset when you pick up the car, might reduce some of the bugs.
Compact as an id3 but good looking. And software seems to work well.
and 440 vs 385 litre boot
I think the big 22kW charger could have so much worse efficiency at lower power levels that they've decided to make it so that when the battery is starting to get full and a normal charger would lower its power output to a lower constant level, the charger instead drops all power from time to time instead, to avoid operating in the region of bad efficiency.
There are many other possibities too, though, like a temperature sensor in the type 2 connector and the connector being worn out or dirty and heating up too much.
I do love some 22kW AC charging!
Very good point! Make sense.
looks fantastic and incredibly good
2:23 I love when you use german words 😂
Greets from munich
I have only the small screen without google, but from the four cars I have driven so far (Kona, Enyaq, Corsa) the Megane has the best Androids Auto. It starts wireless immediatelly and maps works as if it would be integrated.
How is your experience so far without Google? Did u wish for a google play?
I like this new Megane ev looks good outside and inside and now a good efficient car too that's perfect. Good shit 😁
14,8 kWh/100km (or a bit less due to correction) is not in line "Ioniq go home" ;-) My average consuption for whole 2 years is 13,3 in Finland with trips at -20°C
Thank you for the review, Bjørn. I'm so glad you referred to the HK sound system. Car reviewers rarely focus any time on the audio. I ordered the Mégane Launch model because of the HK sound system. Sadly, in the UK we get a very reduced spec for the top model, but it's still a fantastic car and my car was built yesterday so I'm very excited now. Keep up the great work.
If you want premium sound always go for aftermarket solutions. Factory made HK’s not worth for extra money. Bewit Sound Products rocks. Check it out.
Hi Bjorn nice video as always.
I'm getting a Megane next week. I'm a bit confused because Renault is saying that 60kwh is the net capacity. (63kwh total capacity)
This is weird
looking at 3 different cars at the moment, this, the MG4 and the Citroen e-C4. this is top of the list for me. MG4 misses even basic things like rear interior lights and vents for the kids, and citroen seems so slow. This seems to tick most boxes.
Sadly the biggest screen isn't available in the UK weirdly.
Back in the day, when subs were only available via aftermarket 3rd party audio gear install, the sub was always in the trunk (or rear hatch). Still is the case today for the most part.
I am really happy with my Zoe 22kW and its 22kWh charging. Unfortunately the public chargers are usually 11 or lower here in The Netherlands. Not sure why. With 22kWh chargers I would be able to go for 500km-ish trips from time to time but not with the 7-11 kW ones I usually see in The Netherlands and Belgium
kWh is the battery, kW is the charger. kWh is capacity, like liters, kW is power, like horsepower.
Classic mistake.
@@ndc5544p pretty sure he's charging in kWh/h 😁
@@basedw booooh 🙂
......"zero degrees, no rain, almost summer test"... 🤣
Thanks Bjorn!
Not zero degrees...
Wish every car has 22kw option, here in Italy almost every AC charging point is 22kw. Not having the charger at home with my ZOE is very usefull to be able to charge to that speed.
lol buy one its not expensive
22kw should at least be an option. Especially for fleets.
I've already experienced this kind of cut-off several times with my Model 3 during a charge at 11 kW. Problem of unstable voltage on the terminal which made peaks of more than 240V. No problem on other stalls.
You can see here voltage dropping below 380V when cutting off. Should be the reason. 3 phases current must be between 380V and 415V.
But the voltage you see on the screen is DC battery voltage, not AC voltage before on-board charger.
@@bjornnyland On my Model S the grid voltage gets displayed when AC charging. When DC charging 'grid' voltage = batt voltage.
3phase current would be Amps, you mean tension (volts).
When charging with 22 kW charger the voltage was just above 380 V instead of nominal 400V in three phase system. When charging power went down in the video the supply voltage dropped below 380. So there might be somekind undervoltage protection in onboard charger which cuts charging in 380 volts.
The voltage displayed was DC battery voltage.
Any plans to do range test for Toyota BZ4X FWD?
nice video, thanks! where is the OBD port located in the car, and which plug/dongle/app do you use to read the data?
Very competitive price in the UK. The top spec launch model is £40,995 vs £48,490 of the Tesla Model 3 SR. Certainly merits a test drive 🤔
Compared to SR it is cool but towing capacity weird 500kg limit...
@@rkan2 The Megane has a 900 kg towing capacity, the MG's have only a 500 kg capacity.
@@petergrant7127 It looks like you are half right. Only the EV60 220 has 900kg towing capacity.
@@rkan2 The 3 models that are available in the UK have that specification.
The curve hugging feature of lane following can be toggled
your music taste is next level :)
2:39 my google assistance ansvered :D
Why the sudden lost of charge?
THanks for the review.
One remark, as far as I can tell, november isn't winter in Europe. 😉
It is in Norway.
@@bjornnylandLOL, yes, that's why I said Europe. Also in Norway the winter starts the 21 of december. No matter how warm or cold it is. 😉
Thank you for your test. I‘m a little bit irritated about your result. Last week I did a 180km trip and back with my E-Tech under similar conditions:
4°C-12°C, Comfort mode, temperature set to 21°C. Most on german autobahn speed set to 120km/h sometimes 130km/h .
Consumption for the 360km was 18,5kWh/100km.
Have you planned your trip with the car navigation including charging stops? Because the E-Tech will then automatically prepare the battery for charging. The result is a much higher consumption….(?)
Of course not.
@@bjornnyland Strange….yesterday I drove from my hometown to Stuttgart and back: 217km, bad topology, 3-9degrees, car went down from 100-29%, so again average consumption of 18kWh/100km. In german Megane-forum members are telling similar experiences.
car scanner doesn't report the wrong state of charge, the car doesn't show the real state of charge in the dash.
For example, in my Zoe, Car Scanner and ABRP show the same state of charge. If I got 13% in car scanner, the SoC on the dash would be 10%. If my car shows 98% SoC, Car Scanner and ABRP both show 95% state of charge.
Renault seems to do some trickery with the state of charge to keep it more linear for the user.
In the UK we don't get the full size info screen, (such a shame, its all squashed into such a small area, makes it unreadable) this combined with the front wheel drive, the lack of zip in anything other than sport mode, too many fricking stalks on / around the steering wheel (what's with that?) and the lack of Vehicle to load, made me pass on the Renault Megane E-Tech. It does however look a stunning design in the flesh.
1+ on the vehicle to load subject. It's absence is a deal breaker for me
we also dont even get the option of a heat pump!
Driven the Zoe at workplace and i abosultely hate these stalks. Especially volume, and its way to mute just could be a dealbreaker to buy that car for me - maybe that would be acceptable 20-30 years ago
@@rippedupno1 that's also a deal breaker. Damn
@@rippedupno1 I just read now: "A new three-part system employs a new heat pump to help improve efficiency over the Zoe while heat from the powertrain is also re-used to heat the cockpit."
So maybe it actually has heat pump!
What car scanner did you use?
Don't like the outside styling that much, but interior is on point.
Haha.... You activate the calculation on my Google assistant screen in the next room... 😂 🤣
Will you be able to verify who the manufacturer of your Renault's battery is and how much will the replacement cost? the price you paid for the car? And the annual cost of car accident insurance?
Range is a bit disappointing for me. At motorway speeds around 125km/h I have less than 300km. Since I often have 350km days this doesn’t quite do. I stay with my idea I need a car that offers at least 600km WLTP.
Hi Björn, what was the first "test" music? It is a complete album or some songs you like?
Tack🌹👍 even more range with base model 18 inch wheels?
Dear Bjorn, thnx for all the good work man!
Question though: i just startded using car scanner like you do on the Megane. But it struck me that in some cars it is possible to see individual cell voltages (like the Toyota BZQWERTY4X 😉), and battery temperature, etc.
I was disappointed not to be able to show that on the megane. Am I missing something?
Now it shows SOH, battery temperature, cell voltages (in All Sensors).
I dont think you will have your house done next year man.
Remember this is Norway we are talking about here :D
Want to bet?
@@bjornnyland hmm nah i'll pass :>
what app you have in your tel? in vidio
What app do you use to check the charging details?
Watching this while charging my car at a public charger, that hey Google at the beginning set off my Google assistant in the car lol
A bit late coming in here- does the Megane have the "Always on" 12v function that Zoe has by pressing the start button with foot off the brake? stops the screen and ancillaries going to sleep while stopped at a charger.
Hi
I have Renault Megane iconic from dealer last week. As long I know range is 280mi, but I’m unfortunately mine mevzine showing on display 100%- 235mi full charge, I’m so confused how come 🤷♂️
Please kindly let me know I missed something?
Normally electric cars are not able to heat or cool during AC charging. I this case the car AC/DC converter (charger) stops charging for a few moments in order to put some heat in the cabin. It is not a common behavior.
Getting back to the content, as usually great one. thank you for keeping us busy in a helpful and sometimes fun way. Greeting from Romania!
Not correct.
Almost all EV have options to run ac/heating/cooling during AC charging.
I regulary program my Ioniq electric to be warm in the cold mornings- it Must be connected to AC charger to be able to preheat cabin.
Nice car. If I wasn’t already a happy Tesla owner, I would have considered buying one. When the French really have/want to do a good car, they can. In an other category, Alpine is great too!
Great test, can I have one little question for all - why in Czechia the Megane ev is much expensive than in Germany or Austria??! I counted with taxes and without grant and the average Euro/Cz exchange rate... :-) :-)
@@haveaseatplease Yes it is :-)
In the uk we don’t get the big screen
We do on the 25 model... Picking one up on Wednesday 28/08/24
I see next Race coming, Renault Megane E-Tech vs. Kia Niro or something else :))
There is a real test range of these 2 cars on the La Chaine EV channel. It's in French. Results in a nutshell: they both perform equally well in terms of power consumption, charging time,... on a 620 km (mostly highway) trip. See th-cam.com/video/8qSr_EK-pzo/w-d-xo.html at 35 : 20
Got it, this Megane E-tech gets the label "Bjørn approved".
Honestly, if you were stopped for a bite to eat and hit the washroom, stretch your legs, do a few emails and texts then 1 hour would get you 20-ish kilowatt hours. Good for a top up charge but not for a bulk charge
I wonder, in perfect summer conditions, on countryside roads, 60-80kmt, will we have a new efficiency king?
This is weird. Efficiency seemed better than an e-Niro at lower speeds, but much worse than an e-Niro at motorway speed.
@d t I think you can get much higher consumption with EVERY EV at an average speed of 46km/h…. that says nothing about efficiency. I can drive constantly 50km/h on a flat highway with my Megane and consumption is clearly below 10kWh/100km
It is pretty chonky suv, aerodynamics remind themselves on higher speeds
Hello, in Romania, Renault Megane E-tech 40 kwh is sold with 7.4 kwh AC charging, without the possibility of ordering a fast DC charging. It seems to me that this 40 kwh model will not be sold, it is used for advertising with a low starting price
Dafuq? No DC at all??
@@rkan2 No, only 7.4 kwh AC. You cannot leave the city by car
Tire size?
215/45r20t
I have been driving Megane E-tech now 8200 km and I like it a lot. Precise steering and suspension, Google is awsome and efficiency ok. 22 kw ac very useful for us. The worst thing with Megane is the trunk opening button on the tailgate, and yes, it sounds ridiculous to say so, but it really sucks. And winter has not started, it may become even worse with all the ice and snow all over the button.
Much better looking car then the ID.3 especially the interior. The ID.3 interior is ugly… WOOF!
I agree regarding the ID3. I was really looking forward to it and was so disappointed. Also the infotainment system is a disaster.
Why are you using Wh for consumption when it's displayed in KWh?? Your conversion if off! 11.2KWh/km is not 112Wh/km but 11 200Wh/km.
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What is the level of regeneration to use?
Max
Very interesting car!
The car is doing the moon walk 😂😂😂😂
La Mégane E-Tech is the only European electric car that interests me.
If it were one of my students that programmed the app for the vehicle monitor, I would fail them. The readout for V and A is super annoying to look at because the number of digits is changing all the time. 348.15V, 348.6V … amateurish
Flawless
At the begining of video, 100% batery and only 264km available? Why?
Is there a heat pump on board?
Standard
@@bjornnyland Thx, BTW could you in ypur test also check the apps that are provided by the manufacturers? Quick review about the features (like preheating f.e.) and general user experience in this matter. Would be really helpful.
It should be 64/60 battery
I like to know the miles per kWh, would I be right in saying that Bjorn covered 338km and used 60kWh's in this challenge. If so, that would mean 225 miles and 3.75 miles per kWh. Would that be right?
Multiply the wh/km by 1.6 then divide 1000 by that number to give you the mi/kWh
From corrected mph and mi/kWh of this test run, I made it:
48mph_ 17°C_ 5.9mi/kWh
56mph_ 21°C_ 5.5mi/kWh
Hi , thx for this really good video, i have an e-tech iconic 60kw too , could you provide the name of the app used on the phone and the modele of ODB plug ? Thx :) this app is amazing for the kw value in charge , the missing value on the app could be the temp of the battery ( for see if conditioning of the battery before rapid charging is working ) and the famous % percentage of life remaining like we could have on a iphone batt or other, thx
check the description
Now it shows SOH, battery temperature, cell voltages (in All Sensors).
The auto steer issues are very telling that Nissan really doesn’t want to share tech with Renault and why they are revisiting their deal. If i remember Bjorn said pro pilot in the Ariya was very good
I'd take couple more reviews before I make that assumption. I've driven 2020 and up cars from VW, Renault, BMW, Toyota, Audi, Nissan and Tesla - adaptive cruise control and lane assist has been the best for Tesla and Renault. I also tried Renault Megane ETech for an hour and had no problems in engaging asisst.
My experience of course is anecdotal but with it I encourage to look at more reviews before coming to conclusion.
@@MartinzW I know its a big sticking point in The Nissan Renault negotiations. Nissan DOES NOT want tech sharing because Renault is trying to get a partnership with Geely and will be freely sharing it’s tech findings with them. Their agreement already seems loose because Pro-Pilot is a pretty rock solid driving system that doesn’t try to favor one line or the other (my experience is with new and older Nissans with pro-pilot 2017-2023 models) seeing it hug that outside turn lane so hard is easily fixable with software but that is still pretty worrying, especially if you are using it where it wouldn’t be safe to be close to the outside lane such as back roads. At least in the US some of the mountain roads don’t have any railing and are very close to cliffs/ drops that lead to rivers
The battery size has been measured as 60kWh usable, by greenncap. I wonder why you measured it as less?
My test is actual capacity after losses.
Shame it's not rear drive.
But does it have an heatpump? Does it do heat scavenging?
super sexy compared to VW ID lineup
are you sure that battery was really 100%? I mean maybe display is calculating a round : 99.6% => 100%
Yes
Very nice car but.... How do we convert watt hours per km into watt hours per mile ?
you can multiply by 1.6 or just ask google directly you know
14.3 kwh equals to 14300 Wh.
We cannot order in Romania a new car with a 22 kw OBC. Only de 7,4 kw OBC is available!
What is the situation in your countries?
In Poland I ordered a Megane in June and I’m still waiting for the car to be manufactured. I got a call from the dealership in October telling me I will receive the car faster if I agree to modify my order to 7,4 kW OBC. Naturally, I declined, 22 kW can save your ass sometimes! It seems Renault has a pretty big backlog with existing orders, that’s why new 22 kW OBC orders are frozen.
Why don't you flash at left lane huggers? That's norm in the balkans. I mean I have been a left lane hugger and when someone flashes at me I just move over.
In Sweden too...
Nowergians don't like that. It's actually better (but illegal) to overtake on the right instead.
Hey Google " what is a fat zoe?"
The doors on my Ioniq 38 are so rattly!
@@haveaseatplease okay?
hello,
Fine, is car is realy good, but see equal to leaf 62 !!!
technology it not progressing?
Cordialy
Is it the Tesla Y RWD at your home?...😉It will be interesting to see how it compares on efficiency, although being much bigger.
Not available yet in Norway.
@@bjornnyland Firsts being delivered these days in Portugal!👍
Ok I think I’m learning Norwegian currency now, to me 60-700,000 nook (if thats how its pronounced) is around or near 60-70,000 pounds or dollars
I think it's just spelled NOK, and it's around 10:1 to euro, and then now euro and USD is pretty close
Why is the towing capacity so baaad...
Does anyone know which languages are available in Android Auto OS?
android auto just follow the language that you have on your phone.
I have had it on norwegian and on english. but when it was on english it didnt understand me that well :D and i couldnt listen to some songs on spotify when i asked the google assitant. when you have it on english you cant listen to bjørn hellfuck :D
I didn't look too much at the list, but it was long, I selected Danish, but French German Spanish for sure, and then heaps others
The UK version of this has a crappy 9” screen, avoid it.
Its the cost of Brexit😉
SR model y coming soon?
Nice, personally I would not be interested to buy it, but it is interesting to see. I drove the Renault Zoe quite a lot. Not the best experience with it. (Shared car service) I really do not hope more cars come with Android system. As I do not want my car choice to be unavailable due to that. Everything I use is Apple. However, I would also not want an Apple ‘carOS’ in it, as it would not be great for the android users. I think Android Auto/Apple Carplay is perfect, not intergrate it native, big minus for Polestar/Volvo and appearantly this car. (P.s. I know iphones work on it without issues, the point is that I do not want ‘Google’ itself in my car itself) What are everyone else’s thoughts about this??
And @Bjørn, are we getting Geilo tests soon again? Snow&cold is coming 🥶☃️
But the car still has android auto and apple carplay, and you have android automotive... Apple sheeps are just weird lol ??
@@vidpetrovic8907 This ‘apple sheep’ also mentioned I do not want Apple to have an OS in the car itself. Certainly personal preference and not everyone has to agree. But calling an entire usergroup names is just childish.
@@slijkhuis It is not at all childish. You said that you do not want google because you like apple. So you want the car to be worse ?? Google is a software king, so reanult choose the best they could, and thanfully they choose google, gave us the best experience withoout sacrifices
So far wireless apple carplay seems to working decently, have not tried it on a long trip yet though. The first thing I did was turn off hey Google, and disable all the tracking that was not required. I am way less nervous about what Google does with my data than what I was with the idea of buying a Chinese car. That might be silly, just the way I feel
@@olestampevestergaard4746 I trust google with my data personally and have everything turned on, so google asistant gives me better results, since I use asistand on my phone a lot...
Definately a French design