Blog of RENAULT NISSAN Alliance

Alliance CEO Carlos Ghosn has handed over the keys of a Renault ZOE to Martin Bouygues, Chairman and CEO of Bouygues, the French construction and media conglomerate.

The handover this Monday seals the two groups' determination to unite in their commitment to the environment and combine their visions of an eco-system which allies electric mobility with sustainable construction. 

Arnaud Montebourg, France’s Minister of Industrial Renewal, paid a visit to Renault’s Flins plant yesterday. He was welcomed by Renault-Nissan Alliance Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn, who is also Chairman and CEO of the Renault group.

Net Zero, Climate Positive – the theme of the 2013 Business for the Environment (B4E) Climate Summit in London this week – should be the driving force for the business community.

That was the message beamed out after Day One of the conference. Instead of focusing purely on profit, businesses need to consider sustainability first and foremost. And fast. 

The Renault-Nissan Alliance will use motor racing to improve the next generation of electric vehicles.

Jerry Hardcastle, Nissan’s Chief Marketability Engineer and Technical Director for Global Motorsport, told the Alliance-backed B4E Climate Summit being held in London: “The electric car has come to the road before it made it to the race track where, traditionally, technical innovations were developed.

Since 2011, more than 100,000 battery and plug-in electric vehicles have been sold in America. That’s some performance… especially as fewer than 20,000 were sold in that first year as the country’s car drivers took their tentative first steps towards embracing this new technology.

Cities across Europe are going through a quiet revolution as taxi companies start to shift from conventional diesel-powered cabs to zero-emission - and near-silent - Nissan LEAF taxis.

The world's best-selling electric vehicle (EV) is fast becoming the taxi drivers' favourite too; attracted by lower running costs and fuelled by a desire to reduce airborne pollution in city centres.

As leaders from the world’s largest economies converge in Northern Ireland for the upcoming G8 Summit, we must focus on two interconnected subjects of vital importance: clean energy and clean cars. In so doing, we will pave the way for a cleaner planet.

Today, we rely primarily on fossil fuels to meet our growing demand for energy. Three hydrocarbons -- oil, coal and natural gas – provide 87% of global energy demand. The scientific community overwhelmingly agrees that overuse of fossil fuels has contributed to global warming. These fuels are finite and non-renewable; by definition, they will not last forever.

An urban runabout with a mid-mounted 3.5-litre V6 engine? It could only be a Renault.

Following in the tyre tracks of the outrageous Maxi 5 Turbo and Clio V6 comes Renault’s latest city car with a twist. It’s called Twin’Run and although, officially, it’s only a concept, according to the company it ‘previews the styling of a future Renault city car’.

Each year, the Alliance Engineer Exchange program (AEEP) offers selected engineers and young professionals from non-engineering functions from Renault and Nissan the chance to work together in pairs during 6 months, to identify synergies and best practices in their field of activity.