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Renault has launched an emergency campaign to come to the aid of those hit by the disaster in Japan.

The company will donate €500,000 to the Red Cross and will enable those of its employees wishing to do so to make donations – promising to match the total.

Yokohama, Japan – March 16, 2011 – An update to previous reports regarding the impact of the recent earthquake on Nissan and the facilities of our affiliated companies.

Forecast on future production

Although all plants, except for the Iwaki engine plant, have been able to repair some damaged facilities and/or equipment, it is still taking time to arrange delivery of parts from our suppliers.

Forecasts on Production

As an update to previous reports regarding the recent earthquake’s impact to Nissan and our affiliates’ facilities, the following is the latest update on our manufacturing operations. Additionally, taking into account the severity of the situation, Nissan will make its utmost efforts to provide support to restoration activities.

Discover the interview

Renault-Nissan Alliance team: Now we are talking with Victor Nacif. Victor is responsible for design at Nissan Design Europe. Victor, we are standing in front of the Nissan ESFLOW concept car, which has been created in Japan. What are your first impressions?

Renault-Nissan Alliance team: We are here with Anthony Lo, who is responsible of exterior design at Renault. What is Renault showing at Geneva?
Anthony Lo: We have the second and third concept cars, after the DeZir, in a series that shows our new design strategy.

At 14:46 JST, a strong earthquake hit Northern Japan. The following is a report related to Nissan operations.

Renault has made headlines in Paris and beyond with a “spy story” whose cast includes executives, investigators and politicians. The star is Renault, one of Europe’s most loved brands. The plot appears to touch on intellectual property and zero-emission cars.

The story invites sensationalism by its very nature, like a Hollywood thriller.

Great press conference at the Geneva auto show from Renault’s design chief Laurens Van Den Acker who took the limelight to unveil two new concepts – and the pricing for the Twizy EV, a price that took most observers by surprise.

Did you know that Nissan has the broadest range of any car maker? It was a message that wasn’t lost on the journalists who thronged to the Geneva show press conference to see the unveiling of the zero emission ESFLOW.