Dacia is Romania's largest automobile manufacturer. 1999 was acquired by Renault of France. It mainly produces "cheap cars" and has been pricing people in the European market. Dacia Spring is considered as the cheapest electric car in the European market.
It is reported that this brand-new electric vehicle will be developed based on Renault-Nissan's CMF-A small car platform, and it is the same platform model as domestic Dongfeng Renault Enoch, Dongfeng Fengxing T 1EV and Dongfeng Qichen e30. The new car is expected to be officially launched on 202 1, and it is not clear whether it will be sold in China.
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However, as soon as this news was exposed, Renault Group was fiercely attacked by local labor organizations in France.
"We are fundamentally opposed to manufacturing pure electric vehicles in spring in China." Frank Dauster, spokesman of the French Labor Democratic Union (CFDT)? Daoust) said, "This goes against the original intention of the French government to strongly support the local automobile industry and employment."
"It is inconceivable and irresponsible to produce these cars anywhere outside France," the ILO said in a statement.
And Michai, the marketing director of Dacia? Bordeanu once said in an interview: "Renault Group completed the engineering part of vehicle production on an alliance platform, and the production was completed at the China factory. China is the largest electric vehicle market with a perfect ecosystem, which enables us to bring this spring electric vehicle to Europe as soon as possible. "
In fact, facing the world's largest new energy market, many multinational automobile groups have begun to use China as the production and export base of electric vehicles. For example, recently BMW iX3 made in Shenyang and Tesla Model made in Shanghai Lingang? 3. They will be exported to overseas markets as "Made in China".
Moreover, all brands even set the manufacturing base of the whole product line in China, including Daimler's Smart brand and Volvo's high-end electric vehicle brand Polestar.
Not only did the practice of putting electric vehicles into production in China and selling them back to European and American markets encounter resistance, but Renault also just experienced a record loss for half a year.
In August, Renault Automobile released the latest financial report, showing that Renault's sales in the first half of the year dropped by 35%, with an operating loss of 2 billion euros (about 65.438+0.64 billion yuan) and a net loss of 7.29 billion euros (about 60 billion yuan), which was the biggest half-year loss in the company's history, even exceeding the annual losses in previous years.
In addition, the arrest of the former leader of the alliance, Ghosn, made the Nissan, Mitsubishi and Renault alliances that had already appeared cracks more like "a loose sand".
In response to the global sales decline and factory closure caused by the novel coronavirus epidemic, Renault had to "ask for help" from its most powerful shareholder, the French government, and signed a credit agreement with a maximum amount of 5 billion euros (equivalent to 40 billion yuan). The loan is valid for 12 months, and the French government allows Renault to extend the validity to 3 years.
Even so, Renault still plans to lay off about 654.38+0.5 million people around the world, including 4,600 people in France, in order to drastically cut expenses.
On the one hand, Renault was in debt and laid off workers at home; on the other hand, it moved its production line to China and then sold it back to the European market. It is not difficult to understand why this move will cause collective "complaints" from local labor organizations in France.
However, Jean-Dominique, the chairman of Renault? Jean Dominique? Senard) It seems that for today's Renault, the rapid transition to electrification is the only self-help method to get out of the "quagmire" of losses. "We will face fierce competition from inside and outside Europe, and only by quickly reversing the situation can we cope with these new entrants."
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