Ladies and gents, welcome to REV.
Welcome to the 2022 Paris Motor Show.
Behind me, you can already see the booths.
People are eager to know what's happening, so let's check out the trends.
Number five is right here behind me, the A110 by Alpine E-ternité.
And the "E" stands for electric and for the 60th birthday of the A110 Renault decided
to make this car purely electric.
It takes the drive train from Renault's Megane E-tech, 178 kilowatts of power,r and it will
make the dash from 0 to 100 kilometers an hour in 4.5 seconds and up to 250 kilometers
an hour of top speed.
60 kilowatt-hour battery.
And because it's only below 1.4 tonnes in weight, it will take you up to 420 kilometers.
At least that's what Renault claims.
Still number five.
Believe it or not, this behind me is still a Renault.
The "Mobilize" label is by the French carmaker, and it will offer the Duo.
The Duo is a successor to the Twizy.
And it will be available in two different versions, going either 45 kilometers an hour
or 80 kilometers an hour.
For the 45 kilometer an hour version, you won't need a regular driver's license as you
need for a car, but only a small one.
The French claim a range of around 140 kilometers.
And since the car is not able to drive that fast, I think that is realistic.
Number four is the Vision AMG right here behind me, AMG's answer to the EQXX by Mercedes.
Of course, it doesn't have the range the original car has, but it looks way sportier.
The powerful heart of the Vision AMG is the innovative axial flux motor developed by the
Mercedes-Benz subsidiary YASA, which delivers significantly more power than conventional
electric motors.
Instead of coming to the fairground Mercedes held their own event at a museum in the heart
of Paris and showed off its complete EQ lineup, including the brand-new EQE SUV
Car number three is the new Peugeot 408 plug-in hybrid.
It features two different sizes of gasoline engines combined with an 81 kilowatt electric
motor.
The top version does then have 168 kilowatts and 225 horsepower, and it will be able to
go purely electric for 63 kilometers.
At least that's what Peugeot claims.
What I really like about this car is not the fact how it's driven, but the way it looks.
The design of Peugeot has gotten better and better throughout the last years, and this
is close to the perfect car, even though it somewhat looks like an SUV, it is very flat.
So I really like the design from the front, from the back and also the interior.
Everything looks very nice.
A car I would consider buying myself.
Number two is the Fisker Ocean, a fully electric car that the manufacturer claims to be the
most sustainable SUV on the market.
And that's why the interior is made from upcycled materials.
It can be had with different power outputs ranging from 205 to 410 kilowatts and achieving
ranges between 440 and 630 kilometers.
And the number one on my top five list from the 2022 Paris Motor Show is the NamX HUV.
The "H" in HUV stands for hydrogen, so it's a hydrogen utility vehicle and there is even
more that is special about it.
But for that, we'll change to the rear.
The car does not only feature a regular built-in hydrogen tank, but it also has six cartridges
that also feature hydrogen and those can be taken out and swapped for new ones.
So similar to the new approach, but in this case you can simply do it yourself.
The car will have around 800 kilometers of range, so that's way more than you would have
in a battery-electric vehicle.
The car will be available in different versions featuring between 220 and 404 kilowatts of
power.
But as of now, it is nowhere close to being finished.
The next step is to build a prototype car that will be fully functional and the production
could start somewhere around 2025.
There were quite a lot of interesting things to see at this year's Paris Motor Show.
But what you also saw is the old show became a lot smaller.
A lot of manufacturers simply don't come anymore.
There are a lot of Chinese and Asian manufacturers and of course French ones.
But others, like Mercedes, simply decided not to get to the fairground.
But they do their own thing, which is somewhat understandable.
Of course, you will then miss getting together and getting into relations, talking to other
people.
But on the other hand, it also has some advantages.