The French brand announced a new cooperation agreement with Nissan earlier this year, which will give both parties a wider platform, technology and production resources to enjoy and improve their efficiency.
This will also make Renault's new boss Luca? De? Under the leadership of Meo (Luca de Mayo), it has achieved strategic leadership in the European market.
Luca? De? Although Meo took office in July this year, it has begun to comprehensively adjust the product strategic map of Renault brand. His goal is to turn the company that lost 7.3 billion euros in the first half of 2020 into a profit.
One of the achievements of Renault and Nissan in resource sharing is the brand-new CMF-EV platform. The first model of the platform is Nissan medium-sized pure electric SUV? Aria.
There is no doubt that this platform will become the basis of various pure electric SUVs of Renault and Nissan in the next few years.
Renault will first launch two models on the CMF- electric vehicle platform, the first of which is the production version of the Morphoz concept car launched this spring.
Although this car is similar in length and width to the current Renault Kadjar, its height is lower than the former, as shown in the concept car.
This is because Renault needs to improve the cruising range of electric vehicles as much as possible to ensure that this car can cover a higher car ratio of European users, so it needs higher aerodynamic efficiency.
Gilles, the owner of Renault electric car? Normand said that although they found that there was still room for exploration in the market below Zoe, users had higher expectations for models above Zoe.
People have realized that today's electric vehicles are safe and comfortable, and can run for a longer time than the early electric vehicles.
Normand said that the target battery life of a pure electric SUV can reach 550 kilometers, but whether this can be achieved remains to be confirmed.
After all, the maximum cruising range of Nissan Ariya (the predecessor with 87kWh battery pack) is 499 kilometers, and Renault of the same size is unlikely to improve significantly in this respect.
Renault also claimed that the efficiency of the CMF- electric vehicle platform achieved through the alliance brought about a major cost breakthrough, including reducing the platform cost by 30%, the battery cost by 30% and the motor cost by 20%.
Jean-Paul, development director of Renault EV? Drai declared: "This will make Renault's next-generation electric vehicles very close to similar diesel locomotives in terms of total cost of ownership."
Although it has not been officially confirmed, normand also hinted that Renault will also use the platform to launch a second electric vehicle. He said that it will "become a crossover or SUV, not a hatchback", and he predicted that this new car will be in a similar market position with Nissan Juke and Renault Captur.
In terms of styling, it is estimated that this new car will learn from the design theme of Morphoz concept car again, but it will be more simplified and can be better distinguished from the more expensive Kadjar-sized electric SUV.
Compared with electric competitors (such as Peugeot e-2008) based on flexible platforms (supporting fuel vehicles and pure electric versions), new cars based on dedicated electric vehicle platforms (similar to MEB platforms used in Volkswagen's new ID series) are expected to increase more development and manufacturing costs.
However, these trade-offs are beneficial to both external design and internal practicality.
For example, Marco, head of product planning at Nissan? Fioravanti said: "The dedicated platform enables us to break through the boundaries of vehicle proportion and push the wheelbase to the limit. By doing this, we can reconfigure the cockpit and get a completely flat back floor without sacrificing the back seat space. We believe that this investment has been fully recognized by customers. "
Fioravanti also refuted the statement that the recent changes in the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance will prompt Nissan to withdraw from Europe and Renault will control the European market.
In May, the Alliance launched the "Leader Followers" strategy. According to this strategy, Renault will dominate the development of European models, while Nissan will focus on Japan, North America and China.
Fioravanti said that the "leader-follower" strategy does not mean that there is only one leading company and its "satellite" company. Nissan is still the leader of CMF-EV, and Nissan's leading position in the field of autonomous driving means that other partners in the alliance can avoid redundancy in development. "
"For example, in the field of next-generation small B-class cars for Europe, Renault will be responsible for leading the development, so the next-generation Nissan Micra or Juke will be handed over to Renault for joint development with Clio and Captur. Nissan is the overlord of C-class cars. We can avoid duplication of work and achieve the highest level of overall efficiency. "
Fioravanti's obvious confirmation of the new generation of Mikla is of great significance. This car is Nissan's main mini-car, but its sales volume is far from that of Renault Cilo.
Although this mini-car (launched on 20 17) enjoys a lot with Clio * * *(Clio * * *), its sales volume is only Clio? About 20% of the sales in 20 19. In 20 19, the daily sales volume of Micra was only 65,000 vehicles, while the sales volume of Clios in Europe was 3170,000 vehicles.
Micra is assembled at Renault's Frings factory in northern France. The new generation of Micra will be completely designed, developed and manufactured by Renault, and Nissan will follow suit.
If the sales of the new generation Micra can turn over, it will become a landmark case of the success of the "leader follower" strategy.
Renault is still uncertain about Megan's future in the league.
This car was once the best-selling and core model of this French manufacturer. However, due to the tightening of profit margins and the relentless March of SUVs, the field has been under pressure for many years, and now sales are shrinking.
However, in the recent webcast of Renault's financial performance in the first half of the year, Luca? De? Meo confirmed that he and his team had "substantially revised the product plan" within only one month as CEO, focusing on the most profitable areas.
He said that this will bring Renault back to "our core position in the European market. At present, Renault's focus is on C-class and C+ class models. " He recalled how the first generation of Megan and scenery "changed the company, and we must do the same thing again".
Whether this means that Megan's future is settled, or whether Renault's C-class SUV products will be further expanded remains to be seen.
However, Renault may bring Arkana (Kadjar, a version of five-door coupe SUV originally launched in Russia) to the western market to enrich its product line.
All the details of Renault's plan Luca? De? Meo will be announced early next year.
Let's wait and see, shall we? Whether Meo's new plan to use two electric SUVs and the strategy of "leader follower" can help Renault get rid of the negative influence brought by former leader carlos ghosn and save Renault from financial difficulties. (write an article? |? Little devil)
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