The Zoe (the new 41 kWh) goes around 250 km and the battery hire is not mandatory, but pretty smart in IMO, Renault replaces the battery if its breaks or goes below 75% charge, when you sell the car the status of the battery is a non-issue, there is a road assistance insurance baked into it as well.

The fact that you do not own the battery is also reflected in the price of the vehicle, it would take us 8 years to reach a break even, I have not yet owned a car for 8 years.

A nice bonus is that the Zoe got the highest possible score on a corrosion test, a big thing where I live since roads are frequently sprayed with salt winter time.