Renault and Nissan will become two partner groups
- The Renault-Nissan group set up in 1999 (following the takeover of Nissan by Renault) until now consisted of the Renault group (Renault, Dacia, Alpine) and the Nissan group (Nissan, Infiniti, Mitsubishi). This Franco-Japanese group managed to gradually become the world's leading car carmaker in 2017 and 2018, before falling to fourth place in 2022, behind the Toyota, Volkswagen and Hyundai-Kia groups.
- But the agreement in principle between Renault and Nissan at the beginning of the year (the most important point of which will be the sale of 28% of Renault's shares in Nissan) will result in a new independence regained for the two Renault and Nissan groups.
Each of the two carmakers not having control over the other (Renault will hold 15% of Nissan and Nissan 15% of Renault). But these two groups should remain partners.
Each of the two carmakers not having control over the other (Renault will hold 15% of Nissan and Nissan 15% of Renault). But these two groups should remain partners.
- In this new context, how will the two groups present themselves to the competition, in terms of sales and production? In this scenario, the Nissan group would be the world's sixth largest carmaker in 2022 and the Renault group the world's thirteenth largest carmaker.
- Renault Group has confirmed that it wants to produce 500,000 BEVs in 2026 and 1,000,000 BEVs in 2030 (including 700,000 BEVs produced in Hauts-de-France region at the Douai and Maubeugeplants). Inovev forecasts for its part 450,000 BEVs produced by Renault in the Hauts de France in 2030. Renault sold 160,000 BEVs in 2022 including 48,887 Spring, 40,544 Zoé, 33,211 Megane E-Tech, 27,146 Twingo ZE, 8,655 Kangoo ZE and 785 Master ZE. In addition to these Renault and Dacia models, the Nissan Townstar BEV and Mercedes Citan BEV produced in France, whose sales did not exceed 15,000 units in total in 2022.