The alliance Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Motors will invest 23,000 million euros (25,700 million dollars) in Electric vehicles in the next five years, with the aim of commercializing 35 new models up to 2030.
The three companies of the group “have defined a high road route common in 2030, including inversions in futures projects of electricity and connectivity”, said the president of the alliance, Jean-Dominique Senard, in a communiqué conjoint el jueves.
“Together, we are marking the difference between a new and globally sustainable future,” he added.
The leading automobile manufacturers in the world have given priority to electric and hybrid vehicles while increasing preoccupation with climatic cambio.
Currently 10% of European car sales are selling electric vehicles, according to the figure in United States it’s only the 2 for four.
By now, the members of the Habian Alliance had invested a total of more than 11,000 million dollars in electricity.
Common platforms
To log its objectives, the alliance will strengthen the use of five common platforms, it will determine the basic structure of the different models.
In this sense, it seems that 80% of the 90 models are being built on their platforms by 2026. The actual figure is 60 per cent.
“This company will be allowed to focus more on the needs of its customers, its reference models and key markets, and at the same time the innovations will be extended to the alliance at a minor cost,” the communication said.
The CEO of Nissan, Makoto Uchida, just as only the models of the distinct constructors are built on common platforms, will have “an intelligent differentiation” to ensure the “distinction” of each brand.
As of the 35 new electric models announced by 2030, 90% will be produced on these five common alliance platforms worldwide.
Two years ago, the alliance announced the launch of a new collaboration scheme, with a “referent” manufacturer for each geographical area and each technological area. The goal is to get the most out of each one.
This system will be strengthened a bit more: the Japanese Nissan liderará el desarrollo de su technology innovator of state-of-the-art batteries “for the benefit of all members of the Alliance”.
Renault, for its part, “will lead the development of a Electrical and electronic architecture common “, according to the communiqué.
Y Mitsubishi Motors intends to launch two of its new vehicles in Europe, including its new SUV ASX, which is based on Renault models.
Nissan has been affected by a series of issues over the past few years, since the demand for the pandemic, including antisemitic antecedents, has the consequences of detention and posterior fugitive Carlos Ghosn.
But “this crisis has ended”, and the alliance is “more powerful than anything”, with “solid bases” and a “flexible cooperation”, Senard insisted.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx