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Here is the summary of the YouTube video:The Alpine A290 is Alpine’s first fully electric car and is the performance brand from Renault.
The car has a light design with a nod to rally cars with four square lights.
The wheels are designed to look like snowflakes.
There is a line down the side of the car that Alpine calls the Alpine Swoosh.
The engineers did not try to mimic a combustion engine sound and have gone as authentic as possible in terms of an electric hot hatch sound.
The interior has sporty seats that hug the driver nicely.
The steering wheel is a nod to Formula One.
There is an OV or overtake button that gives a 10-second power boost with the full 300-newton meters of torque.
The Alpine features a kick-down pedal to give the full 300-newton meters of torque.
In terms of power, it has 220 brake horsepower and will do 0 to 62 mph in 6.4 seconds.
The weight is 1,476 kilograms, 200 kilograms less than a Mini.
The battery is still going through the homologation process, so the official numbers are not available.
It is expected that the range will be around 236 miles.
The battery is a 52-kilowatt hour battery with 100-kilowatt charging.
AC charging is 11 kilowatts.
The suspension has been tuned to cope with the power.
The Alpine has hydraulic bump stops added to the Renault 5 setup.
The car uses torque vectoring to boost traction when accelerating out of a corner.
In all, it's a car which will likely be a lot of fun to drive.
