RENAULT GROUP: Renault Group and Verkor, a long-term commercial partnership for high-performance, low-carbon batteries
13 Abril 2023 - 3:30AM
RENAULT GROUP: Renault Group and Verkor, a long-term commercial
partnership for high-performance, low-carbon batteries
Renault Group
and Verkor:
a long-term commercial
partnership for
high-performance,
low-carbon batteries
- Renault
Group and Verkor have entered a long-term
partnership to supply 12 GWh per year of
batteries for electric vehicles.
- These
high-performance, low-carbon
batteries will be produced in the future Verkor Gigafactory in
Dunkirk, France
- Verkor
batteries will be used in the upper
segment vehicles of the Renault Group brands,
starting from 2025
with the future
Alpine 100% electric
C-Crossover GT which will
be manufactured in Dieppe, France.
Boulogne-Billancourt
and Grenoble
(France) –
13 April 2023
– Renault Group and Verkor, the European pioneer
in low-carbon batteries, have entered a long-term commercial
partnership for the supply of batteries for electric vehicles.
Verkor will supply Renault Group with the
equivalent of 12 GWh of batteries each year. These batteries will
be used in the upper segments of Renault Group's brands, starting
with the future Alpine 100% electric C-Crossover GT, manufactured
in Dieppe, France, from 2025.
These high-performance and low-carbon batteries
will be produced in France at the future Verkor Gigafactory in
Dunkirk.
This announcement marks an important step in
Verkor's development, and consolidates the strategic partnership
started with Renault Group's acquisition of a stake in Verkor in
June 2021. Since then, Renault Group and Verkor have approved the
technical quality of the product, its economic competitiveness, and
its industrialization process, from the Verkor Innovation Centre in
Grenoble (VIC) to the construction of the Dunkirk Gigafactory,
which will be operational in 2025.
Benoit
Lemaignan,
Co-founder, and Chairman
of the Management Board of Verkor says:
"The trust that Renault Group has shown in us since the beginning
is now materialised in this long-term commercial partnership. This
is further evidence of the attractiveness and credibility of our
project as we raise the necessary funds to build our Gigafactory in
Dunkirk. Manufacturing batteries in Europe and controlling the
value chain are fundamental to the energy
transition.”François Provost, Renault
Group Chief Purchasing,
Partnerships, and
Public Affairs
Officer: "Renault Group confirms its
confidence in Verkor and its innovative, high-performance,
low-carbon technology. This commercial partnership allows us to
secure a long-term supply of electric batteries and to ensure a
reinforced traceability of the elements which compose them. It is
in line with the ambition of the Group and its future entity Ampere
dedicated to electric vehicles and software, to control the entire
electric value chain. Renault Group is thus continuing to develop
in France, at the heart of Europe, a robust electrical ecosystem of
technology centres, vehicle, engine, and battery factories.”
About Verkor
Founded in July 2020, Verkor is a French
industrial company based in Grenoble. Supported by the EIT
InnoEnergy, IDEC Group, Schneider Electric, Capgemini, Renault
Group, EQT Ventures, Arkema, Tokai COBEX, the FMET managed by
Demeter, Sibanye-Stillwater, Plastic Omnium and Bpifrance. The
company is accelerating the production of low-carbon batteries in
France and Europe to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles,
electric mobility in general and stationary storage in
Europe.Verkor is developing an attractive business model in terms
of agility, sustainability, and governance, thereby attracting the
best talent. A strong and agile team continues to grow to meet new
challenges. The Verkor-led project is unifying, bringing together
the best partners to locate the entire value chain in Europe,
ensuring optimal use of skills and resources. Thanks to these
strengths, Verkor will open its fully digital 4.0 pilot line in
2023. A model of excellence, competitiveness and resource
utilisation, this innovation will be integrated into the
Gigafactory planned for 2025.More information www.verkor.com
Press Contact - Verkor
Claire Stromboni+33 7 48 10 11 40claire.stromboni@verkor.com
|
Emmanuel Bercault+33 6 49 87 60 95
emmanuel.bercault@omnicomprgroup.com |
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 4 complementary brands -
Renault, Dacia, Alpine and Mobilize - offering sustainable and
innovative mobility solutions to its customers. Established in more
than 130 countries, the Group has sold 2.1 million vehicles in
2022. It employs nearly 111,000 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 2040
More information www.media.renaultgroup.com
Press Contact - Renault Group
Christophe Lavauzelle+33 6 09 09 25
44christophe.lavauzelle@renault.com |
Frédéric Texier+33 6
10 78 49 20frederic.texier@renault.com |
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