Renault Dieppe manufacture of Bolloré Bluecar – Boursorama

Renault Dieppe manufacture of Bolloré Bluecar – Boursorama

RENAULT PRODUCE OF DIEPPE BLUECAR BOLLORÉ

by Gilles Guillaume

PARIS (Reuters) – Renault and Bolloré signed an agreement in electric vehicles including in the manufacture of some of Bluecar factory in Dieppe in the group diamond.

The car Bolloré currently known to the system of self-service Ile Autolib, was previously fully assembled in a factory in Italy initially detained with Pininfarina, designer of the vehicle. The next Bluecar will gradually industrialized Dieppe (Seine-Maritime) from the second half of 2015, do you learned at Renault.

Dieppe, the smallest of the manufacturer plants, employs about 300 people and specializes in the production of sports cars in the group, as the Clio RS.

If the volumes should be minimal, at least initially, the project with Bolloré is good news for sites French manufacturer, looking for productions for others to use their fullest potential in a still fragile European market.

The agreement, which was the subject of a memorandum in September 2013, will be detailed on Tuesday morning by Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan, and Vincent Bolloré, CEO of diversified group.

It also includes the design of the next three places Bluecar Technocentre Renault and the production of this model in Dieppe, and the creation of a joint venture 70% owned by Bolloré and 30% by Renault in car sharing. The joint venture agreement provides for the presence of electric cars Renault – Zoe and Twizy – in the fleet self-service operated by the Bolloré group in Lyon (bluely) and Bordeaux (BlueCub)

. partnership between the two groups does not apply to batteries, on which both chose very different paths. Bolloré continues to use “lithium-metal-polymer” batteries, said solid, made especially in its Breton plant.

For its own electric vehicles assembled in Flins, Maubeuge and Spain, Renault has decided to Meanwhile for liquid lithium-ion as part of its partnership with Nissan and NEC, on the one hand, and LG on the other.

Autolib was launched in late 2011 and operates today ‘ hui 2,500 cars and 5,000 Bluecar charging points in Paris and in the Paris suburbs. Beyond Lyons and Bordeaux, the service has also spread to London and Minneapolis, United States.

(Edited by Jean-Michel Belot)

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