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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>GENEVA – Renault unveiled a new electric vehicle on Monday and its Scenic model won the Car of the Year award at the first Geneva auto show since 2019, giving a boost to the French automaker\u2019s electrification plans.<\/p>\n

Renault is the only European automaker with a presence at this year\u2019s industry gala as giants Volkswagen and Stellantis, whose brands include Peugeot and Fiat, decided to skip the event.<\/p>\n

The Renault Scenic, an electric SUV popular with families, won the coveted Car of the Year prize, the French group\u2019s first since 2006.<\/p>\n

It narrowly beat the BMW 5 Series sedan for the title, which was awarded by a jury of 58 European journalists who cover the auto sector.<\/p>\n

The ceremony was held at the Geneva International Motor Show, which returned after a nearly five-year hiatus linked to the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n

Renault launched an electric version of the Scenic model in late 2023 and the first deliveries are due in coming months.<\/p>\n

The company, which aims to be a fully-electric brand in Europe by 2030, also unveiled a lithium-ion battery version of its popular R5 hatchback model that was produced from the 1970s to the 1990s.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis car is about Renault projecting itself into the future and taking millions of Europeans with us on the journey of energy transition,\u201d Renault chief executive Luca de Meo said as two flashy yellow R5 models were brought to the stage at the auto show.<\/p>\n

With vertical tail lights, bright colours and a spoiler, the new version embodies the original designs from the first model released in 1972 and those from the turbo R5 that has won racing competitions.<\/p>\n

De Meo said the original R5 arrived during the first oil crisis, a difficult time for consumers and carmakers with rapidly changing expectations for cars, \u201cbut embodied everything we love to do: frugal, smart, innovative, eccentric and joyful also.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was at the same time affordable but also cool,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Renault hopes history will repeat itself and the new R5 will find the same success as the automotive industry shifts from internal combustion engines to electric motors, and give it another boost after it bounced back into profit in 2023 thanks to sales of top of the line vehicles and prices increases.<\/p>\n

Renault earned a net profit of 2.2 billion Euros (US$2.4 bn) last year after suffering heavy losses in 2022 due to writing off its Russian assets.<\/p>\n

The basic price of the R5 will be set at around 25 000 euros.<\/p>\n

De Meo said automakers need to move faster in the face of new competitors, saying Renault has sqeezed the process of developing a new model from four to two years.<\/p>\n

De Meo said Renault was no longer looking at what other traditional competitors are doing, but Tesla and Chinese automakers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve challenged many of the things we\u2019ve done traditionally,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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