The next generation Alpine A110 is designed as a pure electric vehicle, but due to the layout of its new platform, it could also receive a gasoline engine in the future.
Last week, the Renault-owned sports car maker unveiled the Alpine Performance Platform (APP), which will underpin the next-generation A110 and reportedly the Renault 5 Turbo 3E.
APP uses 800V electrical architecture for fast DC charging. The platform can also be equipped with a motor for each rear wheel and an active torque vectoring system that adjusts the torque output at each rear wheel every 10 milliseconds.
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Like Lotus Elise and Evora, the APP architecture features a bonded and riveted aluminum structure for high structural rigidity and low weight.
While most dedicated EV platforms feature a single battery pack in the floor, Alpine has opted for a more complicated – and perhaps slightly heavier – dual-battery arrangement, with a pack under the hood and a larger battery behind the passenger compartment.
According to Alpine, this allows the driver to sit closer to the ground in a “low position with a vertical steering wheel and all key instruments within sight and reach.”
Philippe Krief, CEO of Alpine, said Autocar that with “a few small changes to the platform we can fit an engine, a gearbox, a fuel tank and everything you need” as the larger battery is housed where the petrol engine is housed in a traditional mid-engine layout.
Although Mr Krief did not provide any information about the capacity of the A110’s batteries, he believes the car will have a WLTP range of around 550km.
While the new A110’s layout offers “an opportunity” to develop petrol variants, these would likely only be sold in some markets.
According to Krief, the A110 market segment includes around 350,000 cars annually, around 50 percent of which go to the USA. This suggests that the brand may be interested in re-entering the US market, although Alpine announced in July 2025 that its US launch would be postponed indefinitely due to tariff uncertainties.
While a push into the US may be on the cards again, planned SUVs to sit above the A390 have been scrapped.
Mr Krief told the British publication the brand would instead focus on developing models based on the A110, including a 2+2 variant, possibly with batteries positioned under the floor.
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