# Renault Zoe

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/renault-zoe/

7 people recommended Renault Zoe in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Cheap to run, easy to drive, and its motors have proven fairly reliable for owners. Critics call Renault somewhat timid in EVs.

Summary written by Claude from 11 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Motors reliable so far (2 comments in the sample): "The Continental and Renault motors like those in my Kangoo ZE and Zoe have so far proven fairly reliable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48514062)) "most were going over 150kkm without any issues nor brush changes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48516091))

## What people warn about

- Somewhat timid in EVs (1 comment in the sample): "have been quite competitive (if a bit timid) in the EV space" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48644559))

## Other electric cars people recommend

- [Tesla vehicles](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tesla-vehicles/): 142 recommend, 49 mixed, 384 criticize
- [BYD electric cars](https://hackerapproved.com/p/byd/): 124 recommend, 27 mixed, 50 criticize
- [Tesla Model 3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tesla-model-3/): 88 recommend, 27 mixed, 103 criticize
- [Ferrari Luce](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ferrari-luce/): 53 recommend, 73 mixed, 303 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Renault Zoe", https://hackerapproved.com/p/renault-zoe/ (7 recommend, 1 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.