Alpine ushers in a new era with the launch of the A290—the era of the electric sports car in Alpine mode, respecting the brand's three pillars: performance, agility and lightweight, as well as French savoir-faire. The A290 is a new entry point into the Alpine world and inaugurates Alpine's 100% electric Dream Garage. A GT C-Crossover and the new A110 will join the A290.
The A290 incorporates all the sensations so appreciated behind the wheel of the A110 into an urban sportscar. Developed in perfect keeping with Alpine's DNA, the A290 is compact and agile, offering easy-to-use high performance while guaranteeing comfortable everyday use. Its Ampere-derived electric platform and energy services to optimise home recharging, including Mobilize Power and bi-directional V2G recharging, make it part of a complete electrical ecosystem offering the best possible experience.
With its cutting-edge design, first-class technical features, ultra-complete connectivity and numerous possibilities for personalising driving, the Alpine A290 is a true Alpine, a new generation designed to embrace the electric era. It has been designed to appeal to a new range of male and female customers, some of whom will be performance-oriented, while others will be more focused on style. The A290 is assembled at the Manufacture in Douai, within ElectriCity. The electric motor is also built in France at the Megafactory in Cléon. The battery will be produced in France beginning in the summer of 2025.
The A290 incorporates all the sensations so appreciated behind the wheel of the A110 into an urban sportscar. Developed in perfect keeping with Alpine's DNA, the A290 is compact and agile, offering easy-to-use high performance while guaranteeing comfortable everyday use. Its Ampere-derived electric platform and energy services to optimise home recharging, including Mobilize Power and bi-directional V2G recharging, make it part of a complete electrical ecosystem offering the best possible experience.
With its cutting-edge design, first-class technical features, ultra-complete connectivity and numerous possibilities for personalising driving, the Alpine A290 is a true Alpine, a new generation designed to embrace the electric era. It has been designed to appeal to a new range of male and female customers, some of whom will be performance-oriented, while others will be more focused on style. The A290 is assembled at the Manufacture in Douai, within ElectriCity. The electric motor is also built in France at the Megafactory in Cléon. The battery will be produced in France beginning in the summer of 2025.
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00:00Hello everybody, and welcome to Le Mans, the heart of motor racing.
00:28Today, and please excuse me that I couldn't be present with you,
00:31is a great day for Alpine, and of course for the Renault Group.
00:35As many people know, Alpine is one of my favorite babies in the house.
00:40So three years ago it was in a dead end.
00:42A290.
00:49Lightness.
00:50State of mind.
01:06Boundaries.
01:20No heights.
01:50How does it feel to be one of the first people
02:13to deliver our promise on time with our A290?
02:18Yeah, you know, I'm normally used to single-seaters, so this one is really roomy,
02:23but in general I'm really happy and proud to be here with the Alpine team, and also...
02:41In the market, tell us.
02:42Yes, we want to be positioned as a high-end sports specialty brand.
02:48It's light, it's agile, it's a kind of anti-brakes,
02:52because bigger performance means bigger brakes.
02:58And of course we brainstormed and identified ten into four squares,
03:03and you just noticed as well the X graphics we added,
03:07which remind the scotch of the rally car's headlamps.
03:42Yeah, how did it feel behind the wheel?
04:06Well, I'm very excited to be here in front of all of you guys,
04:10you know, to introduce this beautiful A290.
04:14Esteban, Pierre, you are presenting two Premier Edition liveries here,
04:20and I think we could come and join us on stage right now.
04:23Come and join us!
04:32No, very, very beautiful piece and a beautiful car.
04:36Great design as well.
04:37Wonderful. Bravo to all of you.
04:40Guys, great to see you.
04:43How are you doing?
04:44Wonderful to have you all.
04:45Thanks so much for taking the time to pop by.
04:49It makes a lot of sense.
04:50I'm very excited with the race, with the whole team.
04:54Yeah, sure.
04:54Very happy to be here, and yeah,
04:56we can't wait for starting that race before we have the hyper...
05:00Yeah, we can't wait for starting that race before we have the hyper pole
05:05at the end of the day, and we're happy to be part of it.
05:07And yeah, I agree.
05:09First day of Alpine new electric car, yeah.
05:12We have...
05:12Very big moment for Alpine, so great.
05:15We're looking forward to seeing you all.
05:17Philippe, our press conference.
05:22Fabric, perfect.
05:32We'll be here, so you guys, can you group together?
05:35Anybody that wants to come down?
05:36Fantastic.
05:43It's time for a workshop.
05:45There's five different workshops.
06:06We're all young, and yeah, it's clear that it speaks to us,
06:09and that's what we like, actually,
06:10to see the old after the new.
06:14The little taps that we liked at the time.
06:29OK, and what are you doing now?
06:30Are you preparing for a day?
06:33It's coming, it's coming.
06:35Don't hesitate to remove a bit of bodywork if you need to.
06:39You won't lose anything.
06:41The steering wheel would be a bit lighter, maybe it would be better.
06:43A very compact watch, with a somewhat successful look,
06:47with a very modern interior design,
06:51with small touches.
06:52A bit more sophisticated, a bit more special, you know.
06:57If you wanted to define this A290 by two or three adjectives,
07:01which one would you choose?
07:04The first one is the pleasure of being here.
07:07What do you think of this one?
07:13No, we're not going in there, we're not going in there.
07:15We're going in here and then we're going in there.