The 2030 roadmap focuses on pure electric vehicles and connected mobility. Aims to enhance usage of common platforms to reach 80% in 2026.
27 Jan 2022 | 8120 Views | By Autocar Pro News Desk
Renault Group, Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, the members of one of the world’s leading automotive alliances, announced common projects and actions to accelerate and shape their shared future towards 2030, focusing on the mobility value chain.
A year and a half after announcing its new cooperation business model to support member-company ...
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Renault Group, Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, the members of one of the world’s leading automotive alliances, announced common projects and actions to accelerate and shape their shared future towards 2030, focusing on the mobility value chain.
A year and a half after announcing its new cooperation business model to support member-company competitiveness and profitability, the Alliance has defined a common 2030 roadmap on pure-EV and Intelligent & Connected mobility, sharing investments for the benefits of its three-member companies and their customers.
Jean-Dominique Senard, Chairman of the Alliance said “Among the world's automotive leaders, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance is a proven, unique model. The three member-companies have defined a common roadmap towards 2030, sharing investments in future electrification and connectivity projects. These are massive investments that none of the three companies could make alone. Together, we are making the difference for a new and global sustainable future; the Alliance becoming carbon neutral by 2050.”
Leader-Follower scheme
The Alliance members have developed a “smart differentiation” methodology that defines the desired level of commonality for each vehicle, integrating several parameters of possible pooling, such as platforms, production plants, powertrains or vehicle segment. This is supplemented and enhanced by a stricter approach to design and upper-body differentiation. For example, the common platform for the C and D segment will carry five models from three brands of the Alliance (Nissan Qashqai and X-Trail, Mitsubishi Outlander, Renault Austral and an upcoming seven-seater SUV).
Strengthening this process, the Alliance members will enhance usage of common platforms in the coming years from 60 percent today to more than 80 percent of its combined 90 models in 2026. This will allow each company to deepen their focus on their customers’ needs, their best models and core markets, while also extending innovations across the Alliance, at a lower cost.
As part of this, Mitsubishi Motors will reinforce its presence in Europe with two new models, among them the New ASX based on Renault best-sellers.
Five common EV platforms
Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi have pioneered the EV market, with more than 10 billion euros already invested in the field of electrification. In the main markets (Europe, Japan, the US, China) 15 Alliance plants already produce parts, motors, batteries for 10 EV models on the streets, with more than 1 million EV cars sold so far and 30 billion e-kilometers driven.
Building on this unique expertise, the Alliance is accelerating with a total 23 billion euros of investment in the next five years on electrification, leading to 35 new EV models by 2030.
90 percent of these models will be based on five common EV platforms, covering most markets, in all major regions.
Common battery strategy, breakthrough battery innovations and a planned 220 GWh production capacity to bring a highly competitive and attractive offer to all customers
The Alliance is working with common partners to achieve real scale and affordability, enabling to reduce battery costs by 50 percent in 2026 and 65 percent by 2028.
With this approach, by 2030, the Alliance will have a total of 220 GWh battery production capacity for EVs across key production sites in the world.
Beyond that, the Alliance shares a common vision for all-solid-state battery technology (ASSB). Based on its deep expertise and unique experience as a pioneer in battery technology, Nissan will lead innovations in this area that will benefit all Alliance members.
The Alliance has also chosen to control 100% of its hardware and software, benefiting from very valuable predictive data, allowing for monitoring the state of health of the battery and improving technology.The Alliance is working with strategic partners to offer the best proposal to customers for public charging on the road. Mobilize Power Solutions provides to B2B customers a complete end-to-end service including project design, installation, maintenance and management of optimised recharging infrastructure and all related services to meet their business needs.
A recent agreement with Ionity via the Alliance Emobility Service Provider Plug Surfing will allow its customers to access at preferential pricing to the Ionity ultra-fast charging network in Europe.
25 million cars will be connected to the Alliance Cloud by 2026. With shared platforms and electronics, by 2026 Alliance members expect to have more than 10 million vehicles on the road across 45 Alliance models equipped with autonomous driving systems.
By 2026, more than 5 million Alliance cloud systems will be delivered per year, with 25 million total cars on the road. The Alliance will also be the first global, mass-market OEM to introduce the Google ecosystem in its cars.
The Alliance will launch its first full software defined vehicle by 2025. With this vehicle, the Alliance will improve its cars Over The Air performance throughout their life cycle. In addition, Software defined vehicles will be able to communicate with connected objects, users, and infrastructure, opening new fields of value for the Alliance companies.