Nissan and Renault have teamed up in Shanghai, China by establishing a joint venture. Each of the two parties will hold 50% stake in the company which has a total registered capital of 55 million yuan. Its business scope includes cars, research and development of energy vehicles, smart car software and parts. The joint venture between Nissan and Renault in China is called Ariane Automotive R&D (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., and its legal representative is Takao ASAMI, senior vice president of Renault- Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance.Earlier, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance has released a 2022 medium-term plan forecast. By the end of 2022, the annual synergy of the alliance will exceed 10 billion euros. According to previous data, the annual synergy of the alliance in 2017 was 5.7 billion euros. The 2018 annual synergy of the alliance has not yet been announced, but the car sales data shows that the three companies have sold nearly 10.76 million vehicles in the whole year, up 1.4% year-on-year.In addition, the alliance will jointly develop a chassis for medium-sized pure electric vehicles by 2020. The three car companies will strive to produce 2 million pure electric vehicles using the chassis by 2025, focusing on medium-sized SUVs. It plans to launch 12 pure electric vehicles to the market by 2022. These models are expected to use the shared chassis platform developed prior to 2020.In addition to the chassis of medium-sized pure electric vehicles, it is expected that the three companies will jointly develop chassis for other BEV size. Previously, Nissan and Renault had discussed the chassis of sharing small pure electric vehicles but ultimately decided that the three companies would first share the chassis of high-profile medium-sized pure electric vehicles such as SUVs. The three parties will also promote the generalization of major components such as lithium batteries and motors to significantly reduce the cost of manufacturing.It is worth mentioning that in November last year, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi strategic venture capital department announced its participation in Enevate's latest round of financing. Enevate is an advanced lithium-ion battery technology company. It is reported that its HD-Energy technology for electric vehicles allows the battery to be fully charged in 5 minutes, and its lithium-ion battery has high energy density and can support long cruising range. Moreover, it can be operated at low temperatures in low climate, with low cost and high safety.In addition, as early as August 2017, Renault-Nissan Alliance and Dongfeng Motor established a new joint venture, Yijiete New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd., to jointly develop electric vehicles. The joint venture is progressing smoothly and the first car will be available this year.

LG Chem is supplying NCM712 batteries to Volkswagen for the ID.4 and Renault for the ZOE LG Chem is starting the production of new anode materials that will increase the range of EVs. These are found in the NCM711 batteries and according to "people familiar with the matter" who spole to The Elec on Monday, LG Chem's factory in Polan has already begun supplying Volkswagen for the ID.4 and Renault for the ZOE with such batteries. It is expected that the NCM712 batteries will replace the NCM622 ones in LG...

Renault ZOE is launched in South Korea Renault Samsung Motors - the company that runs Renault's operations in South Korea, has launched the ZOE in the country. The first vehicles will be delivered in September and will be imported from France after being assembled at the company's plant outside Paris. The Renault ZOE is priced at 40-45 million won (USD 33,600-37,800), but the price will drop to 28 million-33 million won with state subsidies. Renault...

IDTechEx: "Revolutionary Solid-state Batteries Will Create a $6 Billion Market in 2030" According to IDTechEx's report "Solid-State and Polymer Batteries 2020-2030: Technology, Patents, Forecasts, Players.", the potential market size for solid-state batteries is expected to grow to over $6 billion by 2030. This is due to various undisputed advantages of solid-state batteries including high safety level, simple pack design, higher energy density. The market demand for solid-state batteries mainly comes...

Renault Zoe is the best-selling car in Europe for the first half of 2020 According to the official worldwide sales results shared by Renault for the first half of 2020, Renault Zoe is the "best-selling car in Europe" for this period with a growth of nearly 50% to 37,540 units in the first half and a record level of orders at 11,000 units in June. The electric offensive with the arrival of Twingo Z.E. and the launch of E-TECH Hybrid engines (New Clio Hybrid, New Captur Plug-In Hybrid and...

2021 Nissan Ariya debuts with up to 500 km of range together with Nissan's new logo As planned, Nissan unveiled the 2021 Nissan Ariya today. The concept vehicle was introduced in October 2019, during the 46th Tokyo Motor Show as the ultimate representation of Nissan Intelligent Mobility. It builds upon the Nissan IMx Concept which dates back to 2017 and will be the base for a number of new electric vehicles from Nissan and Renault. The concept vehicle was also a guest at CES 2020 in January this...

Nissan Ariya will be presented on July 15 Nissan CEO, Makoto Uchida, said that the production version of the all-electric Nissan Ariya crossover will be presented on July 15. It will initially be available in Japan, with China, Europe, and the US to follow (eventually). The Nissan Ariya Concept was introduced in October 2019, during the 46th Tokyo Motor Show as the ultimate representation of Nissan Intelligent Mobility. t builds upon the Nissan IMx Concept...

Nissan and Sunwoda make the first joint steps for developing next-generation EV batteries Nissan and Sunwoda make the first joint steps for developing the next-generation EV batteries for Nissan's e-POWER vehicles. The joint project will including not only research and development of the product but also its production and steady supply system. The two parties target the end of 2020 to make a final agreement based on the preliminary study. Sunwoda has an established global track record in the development...

Nissan's strategy includes more than 8 new EVs by 2023 Yesterday, Nissan unveiled its short-term strategy for the next four years. One of the company's fields of focus is pure electric vehicles. It plans to release 8 new battery-electric vehicles by 2023 and the already announced Nissan Leaf and the e-NV200 40 kWh van will be joined by: Ariya for Europe, USA, Japan, China Sylphy EV for China Venucia e30 for China Venucia D60 EV for China a Kei-style car for Japan Three...

Nissan will launch an electric version of all of its models in Japan from H2 2020 According to a report from Nikkei Asia Review, Nissan will start offering an electric version of all of its new and redesigned models in Japan starting in the second half of 2020. The first model will be an SUV and an electric version of the Dayz minicar will follow in 2021. The hybrids will be more, including the Kicks SUV (Japan availability from this summer), the Note, the X-Trail (next year). Each will feature...

Dacia Spring previews Dacia's first all-electric model As promised, Renault unveiled the Dacia Spring which previews the brand's first all-electric model a four-seat city car. Dacia promises this is the start of an "affordable electric revolution." The vehicle offers a range of over 200 km (WLTP) and will be available in 2021. Further from the press release: "The Dacia Spring electric show car is a truly electrifying electric city car that is here to set new trends. The...

LG Chem has purchased a Turkish plant in Poland for EV batteries production LG Chem has announced that it has purchased a plant in Poland that belonged to the Turkish TV brand Vestel. The deal for acquiring the television assembly factory was for US$31.4 million and the site will be restructured for EV batteries production. It is near the already existing LG Chem plant for EV batteries in Wroclaw, Poland. The factory covers an area of ​​223,000 square meters and is expected to create...

Renault unveiled its MORPHOZ electric concept car As promised, Renault unveiled its MORPHOZ electric concept car. However, this happened only via a press release due to the cancellation of the Geneva International Motor Show. The MORPHOZ embodies Renault's vision of future electric mobility and prefigures a new family of Renault electric models that will arrive from 2021. Its CMF-EV modular electric platform offers a great deal of customization and makes possible...

Renault will present the MORPHOZ EV concept, Twingo Z.E. and an all-electric Dacia Renault has announced that it will have a 100% electrified stand during the press days of the Geneva Motor Show in March with a full range of 8 vehicles, including the world premiere of the New Twingo Z.E. It will also debut the MORPHOZ electric concept car which illustrates Renault's vision of tomorrow's mobility. "This vehicle offers a personalized adaptation to the needs, desires and uses of each person to expand...