Next-Gen Alpine A110 EV: Reinventing A Lightweight Icon For The Electric Age
Industry news, December 2025
The Alpine A110 is a small, light, mid-engined sports car, and its replacement will be electric. Alpine has said the new A110 will be revealed in the first half of 2026, with production expected to start towards the end of the year.
Plenty of A110 owners use their cars on track days, so the big question is whether an electric A110 can keep the light, agile feel that made the petrol car so well liked. Here is what Alpine has said so far, and what is still only reported.
- The next A110 will be fully electric
- Reveal expected in the first half of 2026
- Built on the new aluminium Alpine Performance Platform
- Base car expected to use two motors driving the rear wheels
- 800 volt electrical system confirmed
- Alpine is aiming for around 600 km of WLTP range
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A new platform of its own
The electric A110 was first planned as a joint project with Lotus, announced in 2021. That collaboration was ended in 2023, and Alpine went on to develop its own architecture: the Alpine Performance Platform, or APP.
The APP is an aluminium structure built with weight in mind, and the A110 will be the first car on it. Alpine has indicated it will also underpin other models, including a roadster version of the A110 and a larger four-seat A310.
What Alpine has said about the car
The basic A110 is expected to have two electric motors, both driving the rear wheels, so it stays rear-wheel drive like the current car. With a motor for each rear wheel, the power can be split side to side to help the car turn. Alpine’s chief executive, Philippe Krief, a former Ferrari engineer, has also hinted at a three-motor version, which would presumably add drive to the front wheels.
Krief has confirmed an 800 volt electrical system and said Alpine hopes to reach around 600 km of range on the WLTP test. He has also said Alpine wants the A110 to be lighter than Porsche’s electric 718.
The detail that matters most to drivers is where the battery goes. Most electric cars put a flat battery under the floor, which raises the seating position. Alpine is expected to mount the batteries in the middle of the car, behind the cabin, much like an engine in a mid-engined car. Its A110 E-ternite concept had already tried a split battery, with modules in front of and behind the cabin in place of one slab under the floor.
If that is how the production car is built, the driver keeps the low seat that is so much of the current A110's appeal.
Will it still work on track?
The petrol A110 is loved for its low weight, and an electric car will be heavier. How much heavier, and how Alpine hides it, will decide whether the new car feels like an A110. Twin rear motors and a low-mounted battery are promising signs, but nobody outside Alpine has driven it yet.
The other question for track days is how an electric car copes with repeated hard laps: keeping the battery and motors cool, and keeping the brakes consistent when much of the slowing is done by regeneration. Those are the things we will be looking for when the first drives appear.
Whatever powers the car, the driver’s kit stays the same. Garreth’s advice for anyone starting track days is to sort a good helmet first, and our guide to track day helmets is a good place to begin.
Is the next Alpine A110 electric?
Yes. The next-generation A110 will be fully electric.
When will the electric Alpine A110 be revealed?
Alpine has said it will be revealed in the first half of 2026.
Is the electric A110 still rear-wheel drive?
The base car is expected to use two motors driving the rear wheels, with a three-motor version hinted at.
Was the electric A110 developed with Lotus?
It was planned as a joint project, but that collaboration ended in 2023 and Alpine developed its own platform.
If Alpine keeps the low seat and the weight down, the A110 could stay a driver's car.
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