{"id":19331,"date":"2026-05-22T07:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/19331\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T07:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:11:16","slug":"yet-anther-cool-renault-ev-we-arent-going-to-get-in-australia-at-least-this-ones-only-a-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/19331\/","title":{"rendered":"Yet anther cool Renault EV we aren’t going to get in Australia! At least this one’s only a concept"},"content":{"rendered":"

Renault has revealed its zero-emission take on a beach buggy after pulling the drapes off its Renault 4 JP4X concept.<\/p>\n

Following on from the 4 Savane show car, the new roofless Renault JP4X drops the rear doors and looks like it sits on a shorter wheelbase, while the lack of rear seats and integrated sport bar and rollover hoops convert the R4 wagon into a small ute, complete with a drop-down tailgate.<\/p>\n

Blade-like half-doors, meanwhile, replace conventional doors, while there are absolutely no concessions to weatherproofing with no side windows or canvas roof available.<\/p>\n

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Adding a second e-motor provides all-wheel drive, while boosting its off-road capability further, the new JP4X rides 15mm higher with a 10mm wider front and rear track.<\/p>\n

\"20262026 Renault 4 JP4x4 concept.<\/p>\n

Inspired by the original Mini Moke, Citro\u00ebn M\u00e9hari and the more well-known Meyers Manx dune buggy, the latest concept is hotly tipped to spin off a more rugged all-wheel-drive dual-motor version of the standard Renault 4 wagon.<\/p>\n

Sadly, it\u2019s thought there are no plans for an open-air, or beach buggy version of the Renault 4 EV, although buyers in Europe are offered an electric retractable canvas top as an option.<\/p>\n

Back in Australia, the fate of both the Renault 4 and Renault 5 (bar the R5 Turbo 3E) remains uncertain, at best.<\/p>\n

\"20262026 Renault 4 JP4x4 concept.<\/p>\n

Despite a warm reception and strong sales in Europe, both the small all-electric hatch and SUV do not meet Australian mandate rules (ADRs) for every rear seating position to be fitted with a top-tether anchor point.<\/p>\n

Both lack top-tethers for the middle rear seat and need costly engineering to meet the ADRs \u2014 something the local outfit seems unwilling to invest in considering both cars\u2019 projected low pricing, if sold here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Renault has revealed its zero-emission take on a beach buggy after pulling the drapes off its Renault 4…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13063],"tags":[14619,12198,14620],"class_list":["post-19331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-renault","tag-14619","tag-renault","tag-renault-4jp4x-concept"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}