On Monday 8th April, Renault-Nissan Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn hosted an intimate gathering of media in Oslo, Europe's electric vehicle capital, and spoke about the new Nissan LEAF and his vision of zero-emissions mobility. 

CEO Carlos Ghosn says localization and lower costs will be key to Nissan’s leadership in China’s emerging electric car market. Ghosn, speaking at Kansai University amid a gathering of Nissan LEAF owners and students, told the Global Media Center that with China’s 2 million electric car goal for 2020, Nissan will do everything possible to be the EV leader.

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China, the world’s largest car market, is embracing zero-emission and alternative-energy vehicles to help reduce record levels of toxic pollution in Beijing in the past month. Starting February 1, diesel cars that don't meet tough requirements similar to EU standards cannot be sold or registered in China. Starting March 1, gasoline cars that don't meet tough requirements (again similar to EU standards) cannot be sold or registered in China.

Read why Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, thinks China will lead the world in clean-energy vehicles: www.project-syndicate.org

Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, explains why everyone at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos is buzzing about the BRICs – the high-growth economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China.

Spain is a vital hub for both Renault and Nissan. It is the centre of Nissan’s commercial vehicle operations in Europe with plants in Barcelona and Avila, while Renault has vehicle factories in Palencia and Valladolid and powertrain plants in Valencia and Seville.

To mark the contribution the Renault-Nissan Alliance makes to Spain’s economy, our chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn has been awarded the historic Grand-Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic. José Manuel Soria, Spanish Minister of Industry, made the presentation at a special ceremony.

The official citation says the award was given to Mr Ghosn for ‘his contribution to the ties of friendship and co-operation between Spain and the rest of the international community.’

BBC World News, one of the most widely watched current affairs programmes in the world, recently launched a unique business show called "The Ideas Exchange." Instead of conventional interviews between an executive and a correspondent, this eight-part series eliminates the journalist altogether. Instead, two CEOs from different industries interview each other about leadership style, crisis management skills and strategic vision.

Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn and Indian software company HCL CEO Vineet Nayar were two of the first executives featured.

Renault-Nissan Alliance CEO Carlos Ghosn and Daimler’s CEO Dieter Zetsche held their annual press conference last Friday Sept. 28 at the Paris Motor Show to update on the Alliance-Daimler strategic partnership which began in April 2010.

At the conference, the CEOs announced two new projects to accelerate development of fuel-efficient powertrains and confirmed that the original projects announced in 2010 have been accomplished or are on track. The first concrete results of that partnership are visible on the road this year – the Mercedes A-Class with a 1.5 dCI Renault engine and the Mercedes Citan, a small van built on the Renault Kangoo architecture at Renault’s Maubeuge plant in France.

Emerging markets like India are giving the West lessons on how to adjust their business models to be more innovative, resourceful, and promote growth for sustainability.

In a discussion at Asia Society New York on June 8, authors of the book Jugaad Innovation, Navi Radjou and Simone Ahuja joined CEO and Chairman of Renault-Nissan Carlos Ghosn to discuss the key concepts behind "jugaad" — a frugal and flexible approach to innovation. The program was moderated by Frank Brown of General Atlantic.

Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn tackled tough questions from the best and brightest students at Japan’s Keio Business School on Tuesday, sharing his experiences leading two global automakers.

The students asked the CEO for tips on managing global organizations, promoting diversity and, perhaps most importantly, what it takes to land their desired job after graduation.

The Renault-Nissan Alliance team caught up with CEO Carlos Ghosn at the New York international auto show and began by asking him about the Alliance’s latest industrial offensive in emerging markets - the opening of a new production facility at the Togliatti plant in Russia. Four hundred million euros are being invested into the new 250,000-square-meter industrial complex that will add capacity of up to 350,000 cars per year – Renault and Nissan models, as well as AVTOVAZ Ladas.

Watch the video interview here.