Renault has finished production Mobilize duo And Bento Four-wheelers, and closes his Mobilize car sharing division as both have “limited prospects for profitability”.
Mobilize was launched in 2021 as part of then-CEO Luca de Meo’s Renaulution plan and was conceived as a way to diversify Renault’s revenue streams beyond vehicle sales. At its debut, the company said Mobilize would account for 30 percent of the group’s revenue by 2030.
The Mobilize division stood alongside the Renault, Dacia and Alpine brands and housed “everything beyond automotive” such as car sharing, electric vehicle charging, remanufacturing, as well as the not-a-real-car duo and its bento cargo transport brother.
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Due to its small size, limited power and top speed, some Duo variants qualified as four-wheeled vehicles in several European countries, meaning that people aged 14 and over could drive it without a license. Other competitors in this class are the Citroen Ami and the Fiat Topolino.
Measuring 2.43m long, 1.3m wide and 1.46m high, the Moroccan-built Duo was effectively a replacement for the Renault Twizy. It accommodated two people in a staggered tandem arrangement. The Bento ditched the rear seat to accommodate a 649-liter cargo cabin in the back.
The Duo was available with either a 6 kW or 16 kW electric motor driving the rear wheels. The 6 kW version had a top speed of 45 km/h, while the 16 kW variant could reach 80 km/h.
Both versions used a 10.3 kWh nickel-manganese-cobalt battery, which is said to have a range of around 160 km according to the WMTC (World Motorcycle Test Cycle) standard.
Along with the demise of Duo and Bento, Mobilize’s Zity car-sharing service in Milan, Italy has also been shut down, and service in Madrid, Spain will be discontinued starting in 2026.
What’s left of Mobilize will be reintegrated into the Renault mothership, but for now the brand will live on through the automaker’s wall chargers, charging network and ChargePass payment platform, as well as a range of financial services.
According to Renault, Mobilize “fulfilled its role as an incubator and driver of innovation by strengthening the group’s expertise in new areas, identifying and developing high-potential opportunities and abandoning less relevant paths.”
In Renault’s eyes, Mobilize’s key achievements included the launch of 160 charging stations in France and Italy, as well as the launch of what is said to be the first commercially available vehicle-to-grid charging system, which opened to customers in France in 2024 and the Netherlands in 2025.
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