Renault banks on new models, Megane price cut to fight off Tesla in France
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) – Renault is banking on new models and a price cut for its Megane model to help in its battle …
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Renault capital hit from partial Nissan stake sale lower than initial estimate
PARIS (Reuters) – The capital loss resulting from Renault’s disposal of a first chunk of its stake in Nissan will amount to around 1 billion …
VW considering cooperation with Renault on 20,000-euro electric car -Handelsblatt
BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen is speaking with potential partners, including France’s Renault, about cooperating on the development of its 20,000-euro ($21,476) electric car, Germany’s Handelsblatt …
Renault to slash production costs for cars, expand in Turkey
PARIS (Reuters) -Renault said on Thursday it aims to cut the production costs of its cars by as much as 50% in the next four …
Renault hopes to escape from its ‘negative core value’ curse
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) – Renault hopes it can lift the curse of its negative value next year thanks to the creation of two …
Renault seeks to charge up investors for EV unit IPO
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) – Renault will try on Wednesday to fire up doubtful investors ahead of a planned market listing of its electric …
Renault to launch new Slovenia-made electric city car – sources
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) – Renault will reveal the launch of an additional “affordable” city electric car during this week’s capital markets day for …
Renault had ‘friendly’ discussions with Chinese investment bank – spokesperson
PARIS (Reuters) – French carmaker Renault had “friendly” discussions with Chinese investment bank CICC about potential cooperation, but nothing has been signed or decided so …
Renault to invest $3.2 billion in eight new models in global re-launch
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) – Renault said on Wednesday it will invest 3 billion euros ($3.2 billion) by 2027 to launch eight new vehicles …
Renault to maintain mixed ethanol combustion engines in Brazil
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Renault will maintain production of ethanol-fueled combustion vehicles in Brazil, where nine in 10 cars are equipped to run on a …
Renault CEO: China very competitive on electric vehicles, Europe needs to catch up
PARIS (Reuters) – Renault’s chief executive Luca de Meo said on Monday that China was ‘very competitive’ in terms of the electric vehicle market, as …
Renault cannot afford discount race with Tesla, Chinese peers, executive says
MUNICH (Reuters) – Renault cannot afford to enter a discount race with Tesla or Chinese rivals, the French carmaker’s head of engineering told journalists at …
Renault looking at spring 2024 IPO for Ampere, CEO says
PARIS (Reuters) – French car maker Renault is looking to list its Ampere electric vehicle business on the stock market in the spring of 2024, …
French car maker Renault first-half sales jump 13%
(Reuters) -French car maker Renault on Wednesday said its worldwide sales rose 13% in the first six months of the year, with a 24% increase …
Ghosn says Nissan, Renault are going for mini alliance with rebalancing deal
TOKYO (Reuters) – Former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn said on Tuesday the Japanese automaker and Renault are trying to go for “very small and …
Renault brand sales up 11% in first half
PARIS (Reuters) – French automaker Renault said on Tuesday worldwide sales of its flagship brand rose 11% in the first half of the year to …
‘Chinese storm’ looming over Europe’s EV sector, Renault chairman warns
By Mathieu Rosemain AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) – A “Chinese storm” is looming over Europe’s growing electric vehicle (EV) sector, Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard told Reuters …
Renault names Luca de Meo as new head of Ampere electric vehicle unit
PARIS (Reuters) – French carmaker Renault appointed on Monday its group chief executive Luca de Meo as the future chairman and CEO of Ampere, the …
Renault CEO says Euro 7 regulation distracting industry from electrification
MILAN (Reuters) – Renault’s chief executive said on Friday the European Union’s proposed Euro 7 emissions rules for vehicles would distract the auto industry from …
Renault chooses banks for planned listing of electric car unit Ampere – source
PARIS (Reuters) – French carmaker Renault has picked BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan among the investment banks slated to work on the planned listing …
Renault CEO: Ampere unit start timing is “ideally” by end of 2023
PARIS (Reuters) – Renault’s preparation efforts for carving-out its combustion engine unit are going “smoothly” and should be completed by the summer, Chief Executive Luca …
From boom to bottom and now big change: Renault and Nissan reshape alliance
PARIS/TOKYO (Reuters) – French carmaker Renault and its Japanese partner Nissan announced a deal on Monday to redesign their decades-long alliance aimed at easing tensions …
Factbox: Renault, Nissan detail joint projects to revive alliance
LONDON (Reuters) – Nissan and Renault on Monday unveiled details of their redesigned alliance, with the Japanese car maker committing to buy a stake of …
Nissan board also approved planned restructuring deal with Renault – source
PARIS (Reuters) – The board of Nissan has also voted in favour of reshaping its alliance with French carmaker Renault, a source said on Monday. …
Renault board backs plans to reshape alliance with Nissan – source
LONDON (Reuters) – Renault’s board voted in favour on Sunday to reshape the French carmaker’s alliance with its Japanese partner Nissan, a source said. The …
Nissan, Renault agree to overhaul alliance, putting themselves on equal footing
(Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co and Renault SA have agreed to a sweeping revamp of their two-decade-old automaking alliance that will put them on an …
Renault to renew Chairman’s term of office
(Reuters) – French car maker Renault will propose at its general shareholders’ meeting next year to renew the term of its Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard, it …
No Renault deal by year-end as some at Nissan urge caution -sources
By Maki Shiraki, Gilles Guillaume and David Dolan TOKYO/PARIS (Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co Ltd doesn’t expect to reach an agreement with top shareholder Renault …
Renault says deputy CEO Delbos resigns
PARIS (Reuters) -The head of French carmaker Renault’s new mobility unit Mobilize and deputy CEO of the group Clotilde Delbos has resigned, the company said …
Renault, Nissan clear calendar for potential Dec deal -sources
By Maki Shiraki, Gilles Guillaume and Norihiko Shirouzu TOKYO/PARIS/BEIJING (Reuters) – Renault and Nissan have readied plans to announce a potential deal on a restructured …
Renault chairman says confident of reaching deal with Nissan on future of alliance
PARIS (Reuters) – Renault’s chairman on Tuesday told Reuters on Tuesday he was “confident” the French carmaker will reach an agreement with its Japanese partner …
Nissan, Renault relationship should be ‘more equal’ Renault CEO tells Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) -The relationship between Japan’s Nissan Motor Co and top shareholder Renault SA should be “more equal”, the Nikkei newspaper quoted the French automaker’s …
France: keen that Renault keeps industrial and technological advantages in Nissan alliance
PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said he would hold further talks with Renault chief executive Luca de Meo regarding Renault’s alliance …
Renault CEO: problems remain regarding supplies of semiconductor chips
PARIS (Reuters) – Renault and other carmakers are still facing problems regarding the global shortage of semiconductor chips needed in the car industry, Renault Chief …
From boom to bottom: Renault, Nissan in talks that could reshape alliance
PARIS (Reuters) – French carmaker Renault and its Japanese partner Nissan said on Monday they were in talks about the future of their alliance, confirming …
Renault plans network of EV charging stations along European motorways
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) – Renault plans to build a network of charging stations for electric cars along motorways across Europe, the French carmaker’s …
Renault boss de Meo quits Telecom Italia’s board of directors
MILAN (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) said on Tuesday that Renault boss Luca de Meo had resigned as director at Italy’s biggest phone company to …
Renault offered over 1,000 euro one-off payments to most workers to cope with inflation – unions
PARIS (Reuters) – French car maker Renault has offered over 1,000 euros in one-off payments to a majority of its workers to help them cope …
Stellantis and Renault halt Spanish assembly lines as chip shortage persists
MADRID (Reuters) – Carmakers Stellantis and Renault will partly halt their Spanish plants in the coming days and weeks as the lack of microchips persists, …
Nissan to cease producing cylinder heads for Renault from 2024
PARIS (Reuters) – Nissan said it would stop production of cylinder heads for French car maker Renault at its plant in Sunderland, northern England, from …
Vitesco, Renault to partner on powertrain box
BERLIN – Renault and Vitesco Technologies have signed a partnership to produce an electronic unit combining a converter, inverter and on-board charger in electric and …
Russia’s Avtovaz names ex-transport minister as CEO after Renault exit
(Reuters) – Russia’s top carmaker Avtovaz said on Monday it had appointed former transport minister Maxim Sokolov as its new president and CEO after its …
Renault boss Luca de Meo could return to Japan in June – source
(Reuters) – The head of French carmaker Renault could return to Japan in June for the second time in two months, a source close to …
Renault unveils hydrogen-powered prototype SUV in race to cleaner driving
PARIS – Renault unveiled on Thursday a prototype hydrogen fuel cell-powered sports utility vehicle (SUV), as the French carmaker scrambles to catch up with rivals …
Renault expects first hydrogen utility sales in Germany and Netherlands soon, executive says
PARIS – Renault hopes to receive first orders for its hydrogen-powered minibuses and vans from the Netherlands and Germany soon, the head of the company’s …
Renault silent after media report about transfer of Avtovaz stake
PARIS – A spokesperson for French carmaker Renault declined to comment on Wednesday on a report by Russia’s Interfax saying it would transfer its majority …
Renault considering shifting production of Alpine A110 successor to UK -La Tribune
PARIS -French car marker Renault is considering shifting production of the successor to its Alpine A110 model to Britain, news website La Tribune reported. La …
France’s Macron says up to Renault whether it stays in Russia
BRUSSELS – President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he respected French automaker Renault’s decision to suspend its Moscow factory and said it was up to …
Russia says it will decide on future use of Moscow’s Renault plant next week
– Russian authorities will decide how to use Renault’s plant in Moscow by the end of next week, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said …
Renault resumes production at Moscow plant
– French carmaker Renault resumed production at its Moscow plant on Monday, a company spokesperson told Reuters. Renault suspended operations at its car assembly plant …