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☆ Mitsubishi Motors to electrify 100% of its fleet by 2035 - Yomiuri
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

TOKYO, March 10 (Reuters) - Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp (7211.T) plans to electrify 100% of its fleet by 2035 through active introduction of hybrid and electric vehicles (EV), the Yomiuri Shimbun daily said on Friday. Mitsubishi is a junior member of the partnership of French carmaker Renault SA (RENA.PA) and Nissan Motor Co (7201.T), which last month announced a deal to redesign their alliance. Mitsubishi had previously said it would have 50% of its fleet electrified by 2030, a goal the Yomiuri said would remain unchanged, with emphasis then being on pushing forward with electrification over the next five years. Mitsubishi also plans on introducing EVs in Europe, it added, saying the company would make an announcement about its plans soon. The company, which is scheduled to hold a news conference later on Friday, declined to comment when asked about the report.

But production is running at least a third below plan, keeping the Ariya from shipping to new customers, according to three of the people and production planning notes reviewed by Reuters. Implementation has proved "an extremely, extremely high challenge" and the advanced paint line has become a persistent headache, one of the people said. In a statement to Reuters, Nissan said Ariya production had faced challenges including supply of semiconductors, disruptions in components shipments and the factory's paint line. EVs accounted for just 4.5% of Nissan's global sales of 3.2 million vehicles in 2022. Output over the next two months is expected to fall short of that, according to production planning notes from last month reviewed by Reuters.

☆ Nissan, Renault to invest $600 million to make 6 new models in India
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Mike BlakeTOKYO, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) and Renault SA (RENA.PA) said on Monday they would invest $600 million to make six new models in India, one of three markets in which the two automakers plan to coordinate closely in a revamped alliance announced last week. Two models would be electric vehicles (EVs), the companies' first in India; the others would be sports utility vehicles. Unlike Nissan, Renault does not have a significant presence China, the United States and Japan, raising the stakes for its success in India. Industry-wide sales in India surged 23% last year to 4.4 million vehicles, overtaking the Japanese market, according to S&P Global Mobility. The Chennai plant can produce about 500,000 vehicles a year, but last year Renault sold only 87,000 in India and Nissan 35,000.

☆ Nissan, Renault to invest $600 million to make new models in India
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Renault and Nissan automobile logos are pictured during the Brussels Motor Show on January 9, 2020 in Brussels. (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)Nissan and Renault said on Monday they would invest $600 million to make six new models in India. The six models, with each automaker making three, will be built on joint platforms and will also be exported, they said. The new models will consist of two electric vehicles, the first EVs to be rolled out by the automakers in India, and four sports utility vehicles (SUVs). The automakers last week unveiled details of their redesigned alliance and gave details of new joint projects in Latin America, India and Europe.

☆ Nissan's Q3 operating profit more than doubles, outstrips expectations
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Japan's Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) on Thursday posted a better-than-expected 155% jump in third-quarter operating profit, boosted by a weaker yen and cost management. Operating profit for the three months ended Dec. 31 came to 133.1 billion yen ($1.01 billion), beating the average 104.79 billion yen profit estimated by nine analysts, according to Refinitiv data. That compared to a 52.2 billion yen profit in the same period a year earlier. The Yokohama-based automaker maintained its forecast for an operating profit of 360 billion yen for the year to March 31, helped by a weaker yen that bolsters the value of overseas sales. ($1 = 131.2600 yen)Reporting by Daniel Leussink; Editing by David DolanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Nissan, Renault Alliance Shake-Up to Give Each Company More Independence
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( River Davis | Nick Kostov | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LONDON— Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA unveiled on Monday a long-planned restructuring of their two-decade-old alliance—a decoupling that falls short of a full divorce but gives each car company more autonomy after years of tensions. The restructuring, under which Renault will reduce its 43% stake in its Japanese partner to 15%, reflects a changing landscape in which alliances to build millions more gasoline-powered cars are no longer so valuable. Instead, new types of partnerships in batteries, electric-vehicle technology and software have grown in importance.

☆ Nissan shares rise after overhaul of Renault alliance
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

TOKYO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Shares of Nissan Motor Corp (7201.T) rose in early trade in Tokyo on Tuesday, after the Japanese automaker and its French partner Renault SA (RENA.PA) announced a sweeping overhaul of their two-decade-old alliance putting them on equal footing. Nissan shares were up almost 2%, outperforming a flat Nikkei 225 share average (.N225). Under the deal announced on Monday, Nissan and Renault will now hold 15% stakes in each other, and Nissan will get voting rights with its stake. Previously, Renault held around 43% of the Japanese automaker and Nissan did not have voting rights. The uneven nature of the alliance had long been a source of friction for Nissan executives.

Nissan Motor Co. and its French partner, Renault SA, said Monday they have agreed to reorganize their alliance, more than two decades old, in a deal that includes reducing Renault’s stake in Nissan. The Japanese auto maker achieved its long-sought goal of limiting its partner’s control over its management, while the French company got an investment in its electric-vehicle business, as it had wanted. The amount of the investment wasn’t disclosed.

☆ Nissan, Renault Reach Deal on Alliance Shake-Up
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( River Davis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TOKYO— Nissan Motor Co. and its French partner Renault SA said Monday they reached an agreement to reorganize their more than two-decade-old alliance. Nissan and Renault have agreed to a deal under which the French auto maker will reduce its 43% stake in Nissan to 15%, the companies said. Renault will transfer 28% of its Nissan shares into a French trust, they said.

☆ VIEW Nissan, Renault agree to overhaul alliance, putting themselves on equal footing
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"We understand Renault is able to ring fence its own technology within the alliance allowing the firm to collaborate also with other external partners beyond the Renault Nissan alliance. "Overall we welcome this step which will enhance the industrial collaboration within the alliance." JEFFERIES"A re-sized capital structure should help keep the Alliance viable, maintaining synergies and opening up strategic opportunities on both sides. Ultimately it means that a disorderly unwind of the alliance has been avoided which is a positive. "Over the short term, it's possible there may be selling (of Nissan shares) due to a worsening of supply and demand.

☆ Nissan and Hitachi look to charge elevators with EV batteries
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] 2023 Nissan Pathfinder is unveiled at the 2022 New York International Auto Show, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., April 13, 2022. In what appears to be an early attempt in earthquake-prone Japan to make wider use of EV batteries, Nissan and Hitachi Building Systems Co Ltd are focused on keeping elevators running when the power supply is disrupted. The V2X system uses the CHAdeMO charging standard supported by Nissan, an Hitachi Building Systems executive said. That allows it to also draw power from larger Nissan EVs, such as the Ariya and Leaf models. Tatsunori Takahashi, a director in the domestic business management division of Hitachi Building Systems, said he hopes the firm will start providing the system to apartment buildings from the financial year starting in April.

The Renault stand at Brussels Motor Show 2023. Renault and Nissan have been hammering out the deal’s details for months. Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. are nearing a deal to reshape their 20-year-old alliance, according to people familiar with the matter, in a restructuring that would reduce the French car maker’s shareholding in its Japanese partner and give both companies more autonomy. A deal could be officially unveiled early next month, these people said, and would represent the most significant change in the car makers’ alliance since it was forged amid a financial crisis at Nissan.

☆ Nissan and Renault close in on overhaul of alliance
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TOKYO/PARIS, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Nissan and Renault are closing in on a sweeping overhaul of their globe-spanning automaking alliance as top executives meet on Thursday for talks to reset the two-decade-old partnership and chart a course for an uncertain electric future. Leaders of Nissan Motor Co Ltd (7201.T) and Renault SA (RENA.PA) are meeting via video link for an alliance board meeting, sources previously told Reuters. The future shape of the Franco-Japanese alliance has implications for both companies as well as their junior partner, Mitsubishi Motors Corp (7211.T). Renault, for instance, has said it will partner with companies from China's Geely Automobile Holdings (0175.HK) to semiconductor giant Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O). Nissan has been concerned that the technology it has developed while partnered with Renault could leak to the French automaker's partners as it restructures, Reuters has reported.

According to the document, Aramco's investment would be used to support development of decarbonization technologies for gasoline engines. SUBJECT TO BOARD APPROVALSThe oil company's deal with Geely and Renault still needs approval by the boards of the automakers, one of the people said. For Geely, the deal with Renault extends its pattern of building partnerships to expand beyond China. In that kind of arrangement, gasoline engines could be designed to operate in an "exceptionally efficient mode," one of the sources said. Geely has a previously announced a hybrid gasoline engine development deal with Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE) and holds a stake in the German automaker.

☆ Nissan directors endorse steps to reach deal with Renault-sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Maki Shiraki | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The Nissan board-level review also marked progress after three months of working-level negotiations aimed at restructuring a partnership that dates back to 1999, when Renault bailed out Nissan. The Nissan outside directors, meeting in committee, endorsed steps to try to reach an agreement between the two sides, they said. The two companies are discussing reducing Renault's stake in Nissan from the current 43% to 15%, equal to Nissan’s stake in Renault. The 28% stake in Nissan that Renault would sell would be transferred to a trust, people involved have said. At the same time, Nissan is considering investing in a new electric vehicle company that Renault aims to establish code-named Ampere.

☆ Renault sales fall for 4th straight year
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Its global market share was 4%, shrinking 0.5 percentage points from a year earlier. Out the 10 top markets, the Renault brand scored an increase in sales in only two - Turkey and Colombia. Sales fell 15% in its top market France, were stable in number 2 market Brazil and fell 25% in the third most important market, Germany. Including Russia, global sales declined by 15%. Fabrice Cambolive, Chief Operating Officer of the Renault brand, said he was optimistic things would improve this year as the company has a better portfolio and higher stocks.

☆ Nissan, Renault agree to limit use of IP in new venture - Nikkei
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The sharing of technology had emerged as a sticking point between Renault and Nissan Motor as the pair negotiated an overhaul of their decades-old partnership, Reuters reported in October. Renault had told Nissan that it wanted to use patents and other IP jointly acquired with Nissan in the new venture, the report said citing sources. However, Nissan had raised concerns about the treatment of IP, including battery and powertrain technology. Nissan said it would not allow the use of joint IP for products to be offered in the United States and China to forestall competition with the new company and prevent technology leaks, the Nikkei report said. Nissan wants to ensure that key internal-combustion and hybrid technology it owns is protected in any deal Renault strikes with Geely, Reuters reported in November.

☆ Carmaker Renault issues 210 bln yen bond
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

PARIS, Dec 22 (Reuters) - French carmaker Renault (RENA.PA) has issued a 210 billion yen ($1.6 billion) bond that will mature in December 2026 and carry a coupon of 2.80%, it said on Thursday, adding this highlighted its appeal to Japanese investors. "The final orderbook amounted to close to 300 billion yen, underlying the high confidence of Japanese retail investors in the Renault Group strategy as well as its ongoing transformation," Renault said. Earlier this month, Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard, said he remained confident about the outcome of talks with its Japanese partner Nissan (7201.T). Renault wants Nissan to invest in a new electric-vehicle unit it plans to spin off as part of a major overhaul. Nissan wants Renault to sell some of its roughly 43% in the Japanese company to put the two carmakers on more equal footing, Reuters has previously reported.

☆ Renault-Nissan alliance talk certain to spill into new year, sources say -Bloomberg
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

TOKYO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The talks between Renault SA (RENA.PA) and Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) over alliance restructuring are certain to spill into next year, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The automakers are looking to make announcements toward the end of January, Bloomberg reported. Reporting by Satoshi SugiyamaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Nissan Grapples With Currency Volatility, Even as Weak Yen Boosts Earnings
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Nina Trentmann | Nissan Chief Financial Officer Stephen Ma | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

For Nissan Motor Co. finance chief Stephen Ma, the weak yen has been both a boon and a bane. “The current weakness of the yen has given us short-term benefits, which is good,” Mr. Ma said. Mr. Ma said he is working to repay debt and increase the auto maker’s profitability while managing issues such as currency volatility, semiconductor shortages and pricing. “We have some stickiness in terms of pricing power,” Mr. Ma said. Nissan has had “common sense, commercial-based” discussions with Renault, according to Mr. Ma.

TOKYO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Renault SA (RENA.PA) and Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) are set to forgo a Wednesday announcement of a deal to restructure their automotive alliance as they struggle to bridge their differences, three people familiar with the matter said. The French and Japanese carmakers remained apart on how to share intellectual property, the people, who declined to be named, said. Renault and Nissan declined to comment. The companies have been aiming to announce the new alliance structure as early as this month, Reuters reported this week. The question of how to share technology and intellectual property has proved to be a sticking point in the talks.

☆ Renault and Nissan forgo Wednesday announcement of alliance deal -media
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

TOKYO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Renault SA (RENA.PA) and Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) are set to forgo a Wednesday announcement of a deal to restructure their automotive alliance as they struggle to bridge their differences, Japanese television network JNN reported. The French and Japanese carmakers remained apart on how to share intellectual property, JNN said late on Friday. There are no plans on when to make an announcement, the network said. The companies have been aiming to announce the new alliance structure as early as this month, Reuters reported this week. The question of how to share technology and intellectual property has proved to be a sticking point in the talks.

☆ Renault wants to use water from depths of 4,000 meters to supply heat to an old production plant
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Anmar Frangoul | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The French automotive giant says it's targeting carbon neutrality in Europe by 2040 and globally by 2050. The Renault Group is working with French utility Engie on the development of a geothermal energy project at the automaker's Douai facility, with the collaboration set to last 15 years. The plan centers around taking hot water from a depth of 4,000 meters, or more than 13,100 feet. According to Renault, this water will be used to help meet the Douai site's "industrial and heating process needs from 2025." "In summer, when the need for heat is lower, geothermal energy could be used to produce carbon-free electricity," it added.

☆ Renault considers transferring over half of Nissan stake to match holdings - Nikkei
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 17 (Reuters) - Renault SA (RENA.PA) may transfer more than half of a stake it owns in Nissan Motor (7201.T) to a trust to match the Japanese carmaker's holdings in itself, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday. Renault would transfer a 28% stake it owns in Nissan to and would be left with a 15% stake, equivalent to what Nissan owns in the French automaker, the Nikkei said. Renault, which currently owns 43% of Nissan, would give up voting rights tied to the transferred shares, the newspaper added. Spokespeople for Renault and Nissan were not immediately available to comment. People with knowledge of the talks have said that Renault's stake in Nissan could be reduced to 15%.

☆ Jaguar Land Rover’s CEO, Thierry Bolloré, Steps Down
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( William Boston | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Thierry Bolloré has worked to hone Jaguar Land Rover’s car models and accelerate the electrification of core models such as the Range Rover, Discovery and Defender. BERLIN—Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC Chief Executive Thierry Bolloré is stepping down at the end of the year for what the company said were personal reasons. His departure comes as the company struggles to improve sales and earnings after taking a hard hit during the pandemic. A former CEO of French car maker Renault SA, Mr. Bolloré was hired in 2020 and has been working to refocus JLR onto electric vehicles.

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