I have asked our Hairdresser if she knows what part went wrong. Her husband is well clued up but the dealer was cagey. The motor, I believe and the experts will be able to educate me, both drives, charges and brakes the vehicle. It seems the part that failed is relatively cheap BUT it is not available to anyone except Renault and so the ' motor' for want of a better name has to be returned to France for attention. Even if there is a four year warranty, there is still the inconvenience of being sans motor. Unless Renault ensures their dealers have a spare or one is available quickly.
We can build computers to last or fail which applies to anything 'electric' isn't it about time the various industries sorted themselves out and market their product AFTER they have sorted the problems.
Presumably the technology is not complicated by modern day standards so why can't they get it right BUT then if Renault can't even produce a decent internal combustion engine now then why are they selling electric ones. I had a Renault 18 it was reliable and when I sold it, had 118,000 miles on the clock, used no oil and original clutch, the killer was the good old French specialty, RUST. A Citroen ZX Volcane,my Wife's favourite went like stink BUT succombed to good old rust.