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Captur laddhybrid5/5/2023 My only option appears to be getting a wallbox and cable cover, then hoping my neighbours save me a spot outside the house (yeah, right). The one Source London charge point that I tried didn’t have a socket for my 16-Amp cable, and with no fast-charge cable supplied with the Leon, it was game over. So I would end up using most of any extra charge added while shopping simply getting home again. The nearest one is less than five miles away, but in London traffic that equates to an extra 20 minutes each way. Unfortunately, none of the nearby supermarkets that I use has chargers. Luckily the house is close enough to the street to run a cable out through the front door, but it takes an age to get a meaningful charge through the three-pin plug and it’s a non-starter having the door open for hours in cold weather. Like many city dwellers I have a 1930s semi, but it doesn’t come with the driveway that many of my country-based colleagues take for granted. Its claimed electric range of up to 40 miles should cover the majority of my ‘dad’s taxi’ and shopping journeys around town. And given the Captur is Renault’s bestselling car in the UK, a potentially useful way of cleaning up air a smidge while we’re still buying internal-combustion crossovers rather than full EVs.In theory the Leon FR e-Hybrid is an ideal vehicle for my family’s urban lifestyle. Prices for the Captur E-Tech Hybrid start at £24,500, representing a £600 premium over a similarly powered petrol Captur with conventional turbo power allied to an automatic transmission, or a £1,800 hike if you’d be happy changing gear yourself in the stock TCe 140.įlip the argument the other way and this regular Hybrid over £5,000 cheaper than the plug-in. The rear seat bench slides fore and aft and the infotainment setup is sufficiently bold in its layout to stand out from the numerous cookie-cutter VW Group SUVs it rivals. The interior is great – especially with the larger 9.3in screen of R.S. The 18in alloys it brings also happen to be called Le Castellet, which yes, is where the French Grand Prix is currently held. If its legacy is to be assertive flourishes on titchy hybrid SUVs, it’s a little sad. Now that Renault’s go-faster subsidiary has been swallowed up by Alpine, we wonder what happens next for a nameplate that for so long lived on mesmeric Clios and Meganes. Line trim, even if plastering ‘Renault Sport’ on the sills – visible as you open the doors – is a bit much. It looks really smart, especially in racy R.S. To be fair, the Ford Puma and Mini Countryman are about the only ones I’d currently drive with any actual interest… How’s the rest of it? Driven with disinterest, this is good as any other small crossover I can think of. Renault's flagship SUV now with a plug-in hybrid Whenever you want CAPTUR allows you to switch to pure electric driving Thanks to its new Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) engine, you can drive CAPTUR in electric mode throughout the week, with a daily charge, and switch to hybrid for longer weekend trips No compromising required. But it’s just another little reminder to ease off and take things slower. A nat-asp 4cyl for non-performance purposes is essentially a thing of the past, and a hard-worked Captur Hybrid’s vocals ought to tell you why. ![]() ![]() When you do accelerate with a bit of vigour for a slip road or overtake, the engine really makes its presence known. ![]() You’ll soon tune out of any powertrain-shuffling and just drive it like the sensible automatic car it is. So while there’s no headline 30 miles or so of emission-free commuting to its name, you’ll potter about pretty serenely a lot of the time. The powertrain starts in electric only, reverses in electric only (there’s no mechanical backwards gear) and will kill the engine’s revs at a steady cruise or while skulking around in traffic.
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