I never drove a Renault Dauphine but I did drive a VW Type 1 once with one of those electric clutches in it that sounds very like the same feature and what a joy that was. I was a partsman at the VW dealership in Appleton, WI and my boss sent me to go fetch a small part that was needed for a job in the shop. The part was located at the VW dealership in Green Bay and I was given one of the late model used cars to use as a parts runner, a 1970 or 71 Type 1 "Beetle" It was said to be a good runner so I set off on my errand. That car behaved like no other car I had driven up to that time. It would buck and balk and I couldn't even get it up to speed. I was so worried that I wasn't going to make it back to the shop let alone to the shop in Green Bay that I called back and advised my boss of the trouble I was having. He asked me if I had been resting my hand on the shift knob when driving and I said in all innocence that I had been. My boss let out a string of oaths and then he said that's your trouble. You have to keep your hand off the shift lever unless you're actually going to move it as there's an electric contact in the lever that works the electric clutch. OOoops.