characteristics, price and technical file

There are collaborations and collaborations. There are those that are a small disaster and there are sustained on firm pillars. Of this last type is what Renault has with Nissan in its small electric vehicles for Europe.

And is that the new Nissan Micra is a brother twin of the electric Renault 5. A guarantee of success if we talk about siding on a solid basis. A challenge if we take into account that the Renault 5 has convinced to appeal to nostalgia and an extraordinarily careful design that has managed to differentiate it from competition.

Nissan Micra Technical Card

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And a challenge ahead. Like that good touch player who has seen how his older brother has already been making a career in the world of football. The Nissan Micra has the pillars of the house. The construction is robust but you have to dress it with walls and a roof that must be up to it.

If we talk about design, the Japanese seem They have succeeded. If you look good, you can find the similarities between the Electric Renault 5 and the new Nissan Micra since, in reality, they are the same car with different skins. However, they have managed to hide the hard points of the car enough to hide the resemblance.

Nissan has opted for more futuristic identity signs and nothing attached to the past. Their front and rear circular optical groups and matches are distinctive and make clear to the first view that we are facing the Japanese electric and not a copy of the Renault 5. Of course, we are not before the case of the Renault Captur and the Mitsubishi Asx.

Inside the thing changes. The splash furniture is the same and the differences are more subtle. In fact, they are cornered to the color and finished game. To differentiate them, we do not have tapestry seats that mimic the classic H as it did in the Cinco or the plastic backlighted with the name of the French car.

Of course, they keep the double screen (twin 10.1 inches or combined with a 7.1 -inch instrument box in the input ranges) under the same frame and turned towards the driver. The lower controls, the steering wheel, the aerators and the central space between the front seats is traced to the Renault model.

The infotainment system, of course, is moved by Android Automotive but has its own interface. That is, take advantage of Google’s navigation services but if we want we can use Android Auto and Apple Carplay to replicate our mobile phones.

As for technical capabilities, the new Nissan Micra arrives with two combinations of engines and batteries. The 40 KWH option (319 kilometers approved) comes with 122 hp engine. The one of 52 kWh (419 kilometers approved) is coupled with 150 hp engine. If you want to see the real autonomy experience with this last option in the case of Renault 5, you can check it with this link.

As for loading systems, the Nissan Micra can recharge to a maximum of 100 kW with its smaller battery while the lowest capacity remains in 80 kWh. That implies that moving from 10 to 80% of it forces to stop for about 30 minutes. If we talk about alternating current, the car can load a maximum of 11 kW and have V2L function, so it can supply electricity to other devices.

Regarding his French brother, the Nissan Micra differs in that he has three levels of regeneration in the braking and one of them is One Pedala function that was not available in the first versions of the electric R5 and that is especially useful in the city.

Finally, with respect to driver’s aid, Nissan Micra is equipped with a complete package in which we find systems such as lane maintenance, adaptive cruise control or parking aids.

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