Luca de Meo, the CEO of the Renault group, has been campaigning for months for the creation of a large electric pole in the north of France.
By 2025, the French manufacturer intends to bring together in a subsidiary dedicated to electricity its three northern sites: Douai, Maubeuge and Ruitz, which represent nearly 5,000 employees.
Negotiations are underway to define the social framework of this future North Pole.
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Douai will be its heart. On the one hand, the current site will be converted to the manufacture of new electric models of the Losange: the Mégane eVision but also the electric R5. On the other hand, the battery plant that the Renault boss was looking to install nearby will be located. According to our information, the Chinese Envision will announce in a few weeks the creation in Douai of its electric battery factory in France. Two thousand jobs will be created there by 2025, when the site has reached its full capacity. The State, the region and the agglomeration will provide financial support for this installation. Envision, which bought Nissan's electric battery division AESC two years ago, announced in September its intention to set up in France. He hesitated between Dunkirk and Douai.He finally chose to settle as close as possible to his first customer, the Renault group.
90% of electric vehicles in 2030
A duo that echoes the one that the Chinese will form across the Channel with Nissan to build a giant battery factory in the United Kingdom.
A few days ago, Ashwani Gupta, Nissan's director of operations, recalled that the development of batteries would now be one of the main objectives of the alliance that the Japanese manufacturer is forming with Renault and Mitsubishi.
And that Nissan was going to standardize and share the components of its electric vehicles with its French partner.
Renault's share of sales of electrified vehicles is expected to reach 65% in Europe by 2025 and 90% by 2030.
