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Renault Zoe Life R240
Our conclusion
With reservations — clear these up with the questions for the seller before moving any money:
- battery rental very likely
Before you make an offer, bear in mind:
- we don't know whether €4,500 is a good price: compare it with similar listings yourself (see the price section) before offering yours
- with ITP and the DGT fee, the car costs you €4,556 or more at the asking price
Estimated capacity70–84%an estimate, not a measurement
Real range, summer (+23 °C, EV Database)120–143kmat −10 °C (EV Database): 84–101 km
Asking price4,500€
Battery
- Battery version
- NMC · 22 kWh usable
- How we identified it
- first registration 2015 is inside this version's window (Jun 2015 – Jan 2017); the power given in the listing, 88 CV (65 kW), matches; version code «R240» in the listing
- Battery rental
- very likely — a monthly fee to the manufacturer for life; settle it BEFORE talking price
- POEV Battery Estimate
- 70–84% of capacity — an estimate, not a measurement (10.6–11.5 years, 106,000 km; data confidence: medium)
- Battery certificate
- not in the listing — ask for one
- Air-cooled battery
- more sensitive to heat and to repeated fast charging
warranty ≥ 66%
70–84%
60708090100%
Real range
Adjusted to the estimated state, not WLTPSummer (+23 °C)
120143km
Winter (−10 °C)
84101km
0NEDC 240km
Source of both figures: EV Database.
- Heat pump
- yes
Warranties
- Battery warranty
- 8 years / 160,000 km / at least 66% of capacity — ran until 2023
- Without it
- an owned battery's faults are yours to pay — measure it before buying; a rented one depends on the rental contract
km106,000 of 160,000
years11.1 of 8 · 2023
- Private seller, under Spanish law
- at least for hidden defects, claim within 6 months of handover; more only if the contract says so
Recall campaigns
- Battery and charging campaigns
- none found; checked: Safety Gate (EU), car-recalls.eu
- Spanish recall register
- not searched — the DGT report shows this car's pending recalls
Does the price make sense?
- Asking price
- €4,500
- Market price
- unknown yet — 0 similar listings in our database, we need 3
- Check the market yourself
- Renault Zoe, version “Life R240”, first registered 2014–2016, 86,000–126,000 km, on coches.net, milanuncios.com, wallapop.com or autoscout24.es — compare cash prices
Arguments for negotiating:
- No battery certificate
- −€600 … −€400
- Private seller
- by law answers for less than a dealer — a reason to pay less than dealer prices
- If the battery is rented
- subtract the fees as well (≈€70–100 a month, for life)
Cost at your door
- Tax area
- the same — no border formalities, no import tax
- In total at the asking price
- €4,556 or more — price + ITP + DGT fee
- Transfer tax (ITP), if a private person sells
- €0 (0%, Catalonia)
- ITP rate
- the ad's region; you pay your own region's — 0% to 8% for this car
- ITP return
- must be filed even at 0%
- DGT fee for the change of ownership
- €55.70
What to ask the seller
- Can you send a photo of the technical data sheet (ficha técnica) or the certificate of conformity (COC)? I want to check the power: the ad gives 88 CV (65 kW), but portals often fill that in from their catalogue, and it's the figure that tells which battery the car has.
- Do you have a battery certificate (Aviloo, official workshop)? Can you send the link/QR of the digital certificate?
- Can you send a photo of the battery screen charged to 100% with the estimated km?
- Which service campaigns have been applied? And the maintenance invoices?
- Is the battery owned or rented (monthly fee)?
Before you pay anything:
- DGT report (€8.67)
- order the informe completo with the plate or VIN — keepers, ITV and mileage, pending recalls, seizures; a «reserva de dominio» blocks the transfer
- VIN
- ask for it before the viewing; check it matches on the car, the permiso de circulación, the ficha técnica and the DGT report, and ask a main dealer of the brand whether any campaign is pending on it
- Deposit (señal)
- only in writing — VIN, price and a full refund if the battery test or the DGT report is bad
- Private sale
- pay only the keeper named on the permiso de circulación, by transfer to their account, with a contract naming the VIN; then 30 days for the DGT transfer, with the ITP return filed first
- Rented battery
- before paying, get the leasing company's written answer for this VIN — outstanding payments, contract transfer, buy-out price
POEV analysis · first analysis 30 Jul 2026 · recalculated with the current method on 14 Sep 2026 · listing data as of 30 Jul 2026. Checked on 4 Aug 2026: the listing is no longer on the portal.
POEV analyses the public listing data against our battery reference and, where there are any, against similar listings. It is not a measurement and does not replace a physical inspection. How we calculate, and caveats: poev.eu/method.