Thomas Davenport

EFE News 08/03/200819: 04h President of Renault and Nissan automobile groups, Carlos Ghosn, said that the Japanese market exo an electric car in the United States since 2010, while Renault will in France and later in 2012 in its commitment to this technology. The Renault-Nissan alliance dedicated 200 million per year in advanced engineering exo technology for electric vehicles is the commitment made "before the fuel cell, as battery technology evolves very fast" Ghosn noted in an interview with "Le Journal du Dimanche" disclosed today.
According to his analysis, "there is demand" for cars that do not emit greenhouse gases from certain states, cities and businesses "but no offer" and that Renault-Nissan wants to propose "a compelling offering in a global market that potentially represent a total of about 10 million to 65 million, "he said. The president of the two automobile groups insisted exo that this does not mean neglecting other alternative technologies, and thus announced that "within months" will present the first prototype of a Renault Scenic fuel cell that will work, and that their emissions are only water. However, he warned that should solve the issue of cost and distribution circuit of hydrogen, so "will require at least ten years to get good conditions for mass marketing" of cars that run on fuel cells . About hybrid technology (which combines an internal combustion engine and an electric motor), said it will continue to develop, and recalled that 300,000 Nissan Altima sold in the United States, 12,000 were hybrids. Ghosn stressed the successful model of the Renault-Nissan alliance, in his opinion adapted to globalization, and noted that its strategy is to expand it in all aspects. "It's the only one who works in the automotive exo industry" and based that "each partner takes the lead in a market and then makes its infrastructure available to the other to help him enter this market" he said. He added that now develop both brands "more active synergies coming together" and gave as an example the construction of a plant in Tangier, Morocco, exo and one in Chennai, India, as well as the project to build a car $ 2,500 with Indian partner Bajaj. This car he precisar- "is done first by the Indians. Once a success we can export it to similar markets like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Vietnam." Asked if the success of the Logan model, Renault's Romanian subsidiary Dacia, not affecting other vehicles in the range with a top edge, Ghosn said. "The Logan is now the striker of our growth in emerging markets, where price is the main factor of purchase (...) but our strategy is not limited to Logan. We are entering a market with Logan, but then disclaim the Renault range, "he said before the example of Iran. In this country, exo "points had never been sold since the launch exo of Mégane and Logan," he apostille. In any case, the new version of the model of upper middle range of Renault Laguna, is not meeting its business objectives since its commercial launch in Europe in the fall, which could lead to the closure of one of the two manufacturing lines in French Sandouville plant. This possibility was mixed by Deputy CEO of Renault, Patrick peeled, in an interview published yesterday said that "the pace of sales and commissions from Laguna III is lower than expected. We have too much inventory." Speaking to business daily "La Tribune", peeled said that "it may well operate a factory with a single line," after finding that "the segment (cars) family continues to fall, in part" for the new fiscal
Thomas Davenport