a range of up to 400 km (WLTP). On June 3, AESC, a global leader in high-performance battery solutions, announced the start of production (SOP) at its state-of-the-art gigafactory in Douai, France. The facility has an annual production capacity of 10 GWh and currently supplies advanced batteries to Renault, with the potential to power up to 200,000 electric vehicles per year. The plant has already created 650 green jobs and plans to expand the wo...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/04

e and Sandouville, France. Maubeuge serves as Renault’s small van center of excellence and Sandouville is the production center for the Renault Trafic van. By the end of the strategic plan, Alliance 2022, the Alliance aims to double annual synergies to EUR 10 billion. To help achieve this target, Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors will accelerate collaboration on common platforms and common production facilities. The Maubeuge plant, which ra...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/27

artnering with Envision AESC which will develop a gigafactory in Douai with a capacity of 9 GWh in 2024 and with aim of reaching 24 GWh by 2030. It will invest up to EUR 2 billion to produce latest technology, cost-competitive, low-carbon and safe batteries for electric models, including the future R5. Envision AESC forecasts 2,500 new jobs by 2030. Envision AESC’s gigafactory will create 700 additional jobs in the Hauts-de-France region. Renau...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/21

lt-Nissan will offer motor technology, while Daimler battery technologies. The technologies will be installed on the "Twingo" compact by the Renault-Nissan and on the next generation compact "smart" by Daimler, to be followed on the "Mercedes-Benz" compact as well. Jerome Stoll, a brand director at Renault, said "Sales of the compact roadster "Wind" will be continued, but its next generation model will not be developed." Sales of the "Wind" that ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/02/18

Verkor SA Lithim-ion battery cell (2023-) Battery cell manufacturing company invested by Renault. Verkor headquarters, research and development center, pilot line, and training center. - The Gigafactory in Dunkirk, France, which is scheduled to start production in 2025, will initially have a production capacity of 16 GWh. 10 GWh of the capacity will be reserved for Renault, with plans to increase Renault’s capacity to 20 GWh when the factory’...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2024/08/26