Next 2026 Alpine A110 EV to get 400kW

Fresh details have surfaced concerning the all-new 2026 Alpine A110 EV ahead of its launch next year, with Alpine’s boss confirming the dual-motor, rear-wheel-drive EV will blend a kerb weight of less than 1450kg with more than 500bhp (373kW).

Confirming the next Alpine A110 EV will switch to an all-electric powertrain, Alpine CEO Philippe Krief told media at the launch of the dual-motor A390 EV in France that the two vehicles would not share e-motors.

Instead, the A110 EV will get its own in-hub e-motors that will be related to the Renault 5 Turbo 3E’s motors.

The new A390 is tasked with rebooting the Alpine brand in Australia, with the A110 EV then tipped to follow.

Announcing a range of outputs for the A110, Krief confirmed later a triple e-motor version will also be available, providing the model with all-wheel drive for the first time.

Despite its light weight, Krief said the A110 EV wouldn’t sacrifice range, with the small sports car set to cover up to 600km courtesy of a “very high energy density” battery.

The EV’s output is approaching double that of the most extreme Alpine A110’s 224kW, although that tips the scale at 1082kg. The new all-electric version will be more than a third heavier than the combustion version.

Krief, who was previously the engineering lead on the Ferrari 458, claims the Alpine A110 EV will be lighter than the Porsche Cayman, although he stopped short of revealing how the Renault-owned brand would actually achieve the sub-1450kg kerb weight.

During a roundtable there was some confusion over whether the new platform was the APP platform Alpine has been developing for a family of vehicles.

It’s hotly tipped that the next A110 will instead sit on a bespoke architecture. The platform was originally supposed to underpin not only the next A110 but also a Lotus EV, before the British car-maker pulled the plug on the collaboration.

Krief revealed during the discussion that in order to sit the driver low in the chassis for a proper sports car driving position, the batteries could not be placed under the floor like a regular EV. Instead, the Alpine boss hinted they could be stacked in a mid-engine position.

“We cannot put the battery in the floor because the car will be too high,” he said, adding: “So we will put the battery elsewhere and we’ve found some really nice battery installation.”

It’s thought placing the batteries in a mid-ship position could provide the next A110 EV with similar character traits and agility to the current much-praised coupe.

When it comes to its styling, the 2026 Alpine A110 EV will bear a striking similarity to the outgoing A110, with the battery-electric sports car tipped to keep its double headlights, sculptured body and helmet-visor-shaped rear screen.

However, the new A110 EV is expected to be significantly quicker than the outgoing car, which in A110 R guise takes 3.9 seconds to sprint to 100km/h.

It’s not yet known if prices will rise to reflect to the step up in pace.

In the last year it was sold in Australia before ADR changes saw it culled Down Under, the cheapest Alpine A110 Pure was priced from $87,340 plus on-road costs.

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