Renault eWays ElectroPop
PRESS RELEASEJune 30th, 2021 |
Renault eWays
ElectroPop:
a historic
acceleration of
Renault
Group’s
EV strategy
to
offer
competitive,
sustainable
&
popular electric
vehicles
- Renault Group
makes a historic acceleration in
its EV strategy,
leveraging its technological and industrial
assets along
with 10
years
of experience
in electric
mobility to
make bold
choices and offer
competitive,
sustainable, and
popular electric
vehicles.
-
COMPETITIVE
&
SUSTAINABLE:
- The
greenest mix in
the European
market in 2025, with over 65% of electric and electrified vehicles
in the
sales mix and up to 90% electric vehicles in the
Renault brand mix in
2030.
- Renault
ElectriCity: a
compact, efficient, high-tech electric ecosystem in
Northern
France,
combined
with the
Group’s
e-powertrain MegaFactory in
Normandy.
- A
strategic partnership with Envision
AESC to
build a
gigafactory in Douai to
support the
manufacture of latest technology, cost-competitive,
low-carbon batteries from
2024.
- A joint project
with the French
start-up Verkor
to codevelop a
high-performance,
locally
sourced,
and sustainable
battery
by
2022.
- A standardized
cell footprint
covering 100% of future BEV launches across all
segments to reduce costs by 60%
at pack level by 2030.
- A
highly compact e-powertrain enabling
-30% on
costs
and -45% on
wasted energy,
giving an extra
EV range of up to 20km.
-
POPULAR
&
AFFORDABLE:
-
A more balanced
and more profitable product portfolio with 10 new electric
vehicles.
- Two
icons with Renault
5 costing
33%
less compared to
ZOE and another
timeless revival
with
‘4ever‘.
- A
muscled-up all-electric
C-segment with the All-new
MéganE
in
2022.
-
Renault Group
expertise
in
generating
added value throughout
the battery
lifecycle with
Mobilize:
up to 400 euros per year
with
V2G for EV
drivers and
a
residual
value
of up to 500
euros per
battery.
“Today is a historic acceleration of Renault
Group’s EV strategy and for ‘made in Europe’. By building Renault
ElectriCity, our compact, efficient, high-tech electric ecosystem
in Northern France, together with our e-powertrain MegaFactory in
Normandy, we are creating the conditions of our competitiveness at
home. We’ll train, invest, and partner with established &
emerging best-in-class actors in their fields including: ST
Micro-electronics, Whylot, LG Chem, Envision AESC, and Verkor. Ten
new electric models will be conceived and up to one million
electric vehicles will be manufactured by 2030, from cost-efficient
urban vehicles to higher end sports cars. On top of efficiency, we
are betting on iconic designs such as the beloved R5 to bring the
Renault touch to electrification: making electric cars popular”,
said Luca de Meo, CEO of Renault Group.
Batteries:
mastering NMC
chemistry to produce one
million units Alliance-wide by 2030
Leveraging its 10-year
experience in the
electric vehicle value chain, Renault Group’s
battery strategy led to bold standardization choices within the
Alliance to unleash competitiveness. With NMC
based chemistry (Nickel, Manganese &
Cobalt) and a unique cell footprint, the Group will cover 100% of
the future BEV launches across all segments. It will cover
all ranges with up to one
million electric
vehicles Alliance-wide by 2030.
This chemistry choice delivers a very competitive ratio of
cost per kilometer, with up to 20% more
range compared to other chemistry solutions and a
much better recycling performance.
At cell level, the Group will offer: - As part
of its EV strategy, Renault Group is partnering with
Envision AESC which
will develop a gigafactory in Douai with
a capacity of 9 GWh in 2024 aiming at reaching 24 GWh by 2030.
Close to Renault ElectriCity, Renault Group’s partner will produce
latest technology, cost-competitive, low-carbon and safe batteries
for electric models, including the future Renault 5.
- Renault Group has also signed a Memorandum of
Understanding to become shareholder of the French
start-up
Verkor with a stake of over 20%. The two partners
intend to co-develop a
high-performance
battery suitable for the C and higher
segments of the Renault range, as well as for the Alpine
models. The partnership includes the development of a pilot
production line in France for battery cells and module prototyping
from 2022. In a second step, starting from 2026, Verkor aims to
build the first gigafactory for
high performance batteries in France, with an initial capacity of
10 GWh for the Renault Group, potentially rising to 20 GWh by
2030.
In less than 10 years, the Group will
drive its costs down step by step by 60% at pack
level, with a target below 100 dollars/kWh in 2025, and
even under 80 dollars/kWh while preparing the arrival of
All Solid State Battery
technology within the Alliance in 2030.
Powertrain: from sourcing to
manufacturing in-house e-powertrain
Renault Group keeps one step ahead of
competition by being the first
OEM to develop its
own e-motor – with no
rare-earth
(no-permanent magnets) and based on electrically excited
synchronous motor (EESM) technology, along with
its own reducer –. Having already done most of the investment, the
Group has been able to cut the battery cost by two over the past
ten years and will divide it by two again in the upcoming decade.
The Group will gradually embed new technological
improvements from 2024 on its
EESM: stator hairpin, glued motor stack, brushless and hollow rotor
shafts; lowering costs and improving the efficiency of the
motor.
The Group has also signed a partnership with the
French Start-up Whylot for an innovative
automotive axial flux
e-motor. This technology will first be applied on
hybrid powertrains aiming to reduce the costs by 5% while saving up
to 2.5g CO2 on WLTP (for B/C-segment passenger car). Renault Group
will be the first OEM to produce
axial flux e-motor on a
large scale from 2025.
On Power Electronics, the Group will extend its
value chain control by integrating the inverter, DC-DC and the
onboard charger (OBC) into a unique box produced in-house. With a
compact design, this One Box Project will be 800V
compliant, with less
parts to reduce the
cost, and will be used across all
platforms and powertrains (BEV, HEV, PHEV) for further scale
effect. Power modules for inverter, DC-DC and OBC will rely
respectively on silicon carbide (SiC) and Gallium
Nitride (GaN) thanks to our strategic
partnership signed with
ST Microelectronics.
On top of these new technologies, the Group is
also working on a more compact e-powertrain called
the all-in-one system. This e-powertrain consists in integrating
the e-motor, the reducer and the power electronics (One Box
Project) in a single package: enabling -45% volume
in total (equivalent to the volume of the current-generation Clio
fuel tank), -30% cost of the overall powertrain
(this saving in value being the equivalent of the e-motor cost),
and -45% on wasted energy on WLTP giving an extra
EV range of up to 20km.
EV-native
platforms: delivering high
efficiency & optimum range at competitive
cost
With CMF-EV and
CMF-BEV the Group capitalizes on its 10 years of
EV experience making dedicated EV platforms.
For the C and D segment, the
CMF-EV platform offers an enhanced driving
pleasure with unparalleled performances. This platform will
represent 700.000 units at the Alliance level by
2025. CMF-EV offers a range up to 580 km WLTP with
very low energy consumption. This performance is the result of the
deep knowledge of Renault Group’s and Nissan’s engineers working on
reduced friction, weight reduction and a state-of-the-art
thermal management.
The architecture pushes the boundaries enabling
greater roominess with all the technical elements
in the engine bay and removes all crossing cables from the rear to
the front and reduces weight and cost. The heating
ventilation and air conditioning is also located in the engine bay,
allowing a thinner dashboard design.
In addition to these enhancements CMF-EV offers
great driving pleasure thanks to its low centre of
gravity and ideal weight distribution, a very low steering ratio
allowing quick vehicle response and a multi-link rear suspension.
The All-new MéganE produced in Douai is based on the CMF-EV
platform.
For the B-segment,
CMF-BEV will allow the Renault Group to make
affordable BEVs for everyone. This brand-new platform will
reduce the vehicle cost
by -33% compared to the current generation ZOE.
This has been achieved with the interchangeability of the battery
module, a right-sized powertrain of 100kW at lower cost, and all
non-EV components caried-over from the CMF-B platform and its 3
million vehicles per year by 2025. CMF-BEV will be affordable with
great performances offering up to 400km in WLTP,
with no compromise on design, acoustics and driving behaviour. This
platform will also feature the Group’s innovation Plug & Charge
base on the NF-C 15118 regulation.
Operations:
making
competitive electric vehicles
made in France
On June 9th, 2021, the Group announced the
creation of Renault ElectriCity to offer cars
“made in France”. This new legal entity in
northern France gathers the three Renault plants of Douai,
Maubeuge and Ruitz, as well as a strong ecosystem of
supplier facilities. As early as 2024, it will be supplied with
cost-competitive batteries by the
gigafactory
of Envision-AESC in Douai.
Ideally located, it is in the heart of European
BEV
demand, as France, United
Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Spain will represent around two thirds
of the total in 2025.
Embodying a successful transition from
traditional, internal-combustion engines into electric powertrains,
this industrial ecosystem involves the creation of
700 new jobs
by the end of 2024. Together with AESC Envision
and Verkor, Renault Group will create 4,500
direct jobs in France by
2030.
Being the largest production centre dedicated to
electric vehicles in Europe, this single entity enables Renault
Group to make these plants the most competitive and efficient
production unit for electric vehicles in Europe, with
400,000 vehicles produced per year by 2025 and
production cost downsized
to ~3% of the value of the vehicle.
Battery lifecycle:
generating additional value throughout the
lifecycle
Renault Group is the first carmaker
to act on the entire life cycle of the
battery. It has developed solid expertise and goes even further
with Mobilize to increase their durability, extend
their uses and generate additional value at each step of the
lifecycle.
- During the first life of the
battery in the vehicle, the Group is developing solutions for
Vehicle-to-grid (also called V2G)
that enable energy to be pushed back to the power grid from the
battery of an electric car. Grid operators are very interested in
these power storage solutions brought by car battery to balance
load at all times. This way, a car connected 8 hours per day could
generate a value potentially up to 400 euros per
year through V2G, allowing EV drivers to offset part of
their annual leasing cost and Renault to capture recurrent profits
related to car fleets.
- At the end of their first life in the vehicle,
batteries may still contain around two thirds of their capacity and
can be reused for a second life.
Mobilize is developing new applications around
stationary battery
storage to manage punctual power needs, mobile
electricity storage or generators for use in other industries.
Renault is pioneering this market and has defined a unique
industrial setup to lead this market in Europe : the
collection of end-of-life batteries with the
support of its dealer network, the ability to appraise the
fair value of batteries thanks to real-time technical
monitoring, and the industrial capacity
to refurbish
batteries at competitive prices and
repackage the upcoming 250 000 units of Zoe leased
batteries.
Expanding the value chain, the Group plans to
collaborate with car rating agencies so that the residual
value of batteries is taken into account in used-car
market transactions for a value up to 500 euros per
car. To reassure owners of second-hand electric vehicles,
Mobilize will offer ‘health
certificate’ (for State Of Health
monitoring), battery warranty extension contracts, and trade-in
offers made possible by the connected vehicle.
- End-of-life: Through its
subsidiary Indra and longstanding partnership with Veolia, the
Group benefits from a robust know-how in EV battery
collection and recycling. It has already recycled 75 MWh
cumulated capacity in batteries half of which in 2020 only. Going
even further, the Group is deploying retrofitting, battery
re-using, dismantling and recycling facilities through its
Re-Factory project in Flins with
the objective to generate more than 1 billion euros of
turnover from end-of-life and recycling activities by
2030. Going further in recycling, the consortium recently announced
with Solvay and Veolia enables the recovering of
strategic battery materials such as cobalt, nickel and lithium with
a very high efficiency and battery-grade quality, so they can be
reused in the production of new car batteries.
Evolutions in its overall battery collection and
recycling process will allow Renault Group to divide the
net cost of recycling by
three by 2030, and secure an
alternative and sustainable sourcing of battery materials at a
competitive cost for part of its needs, while preserving these
natural resources.
Line-up: Electro-pop cars
The Group will make the best out of its
dedicated EV platforms, launching 10
new battery-electric vehicles by
2025, seven of them will be for the Renault brand. The
iconic Renault 5 with a modern and electric twist will be made in
Northern France, from battery to e-powertrain to assembly, on the
brand-new CMF-BEV platform, by Renault ElectriCity.
The Group will also revive another magic,
iconic star currently
named
‘4ever’
signifying the intention to make it a timeless classic. Renault
Group will also muscle-up on
an all-electric
C-segment, firstly with the
All-new MéganE next year. On the
avant-garde, the Alpine
’dream garage’
unveiled in January is coming true, starting in 2024.
The Renault brand aims to have the
greenest mix in the
European market in 2025, with over 65% of electric
and electrified vehicles in the sales mix and up to 90% battery
electric vehicles mix in 2030.
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About Renault Group Renault
Group is at the forefront of a mobility that is reinventing itself.
Strengthened by its alliance with Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors, and
its unique expertise in electrification, Renault Group comprises 5
complementary brands - Renault, Dacia, LADA, Alpine and Mobilize -
offering sustainable and innovative mobility solutions to its
customers. Established in more than 130 countries, the Group has
sold 2.9 million vehicles in 2020. It employs more than 170,000
people who embody its Purpose every day, so that mobility brings
people closer. Ready to pursue challenges both on the road and in
competition, Renault Group is committed to an ambitious
transformation that will generate value. This is centred on the
development of new technologies and services, and a new range of
even more competitive, balanced and electrified vehicles. In line
with environmental challenges, the Group’s ambition is to achieve
carbon neutrality in Europe by 2050.
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