[HiTech RedNeck]

In this world so crazy with lawsuits, could Renault be doing that so people don’t use some other battery that would be a greater safety hazard, incur a fire, and then sue Renault over it?

[who_would_fardels_bear]

I used to own a Mazda that had battery connecting cables that were so short they wouldn't reach to where a normal battery's terminals were.

So I had to buy a Mazda battery.

An early precursor to DRM.

[AnAmericanInEngland]

That’s a part of it, some yahoo swapping in higher amperage batteries is liable to fry the car and himself
Also, being an electric City Car, the market for power train modding ain’t gonna be big.

That being said I hope my Renault Sport Megane doesn’t have drm buried in its screaming engine