Renault Group has acquired online car maintenance provider Fixter, as part of the digitalisation of its aftersales business.
Groupe Renault’s Renault Sport line-up will now operate under an Alpine Cars business unit as the OEM targets a future of fully electric performance cars.
Renault has sold its 1.5% share in Mercedes-Benz carmaker Daimler for 1.143 billion euros (£0.98bn) as its looks to reduce debt and leverage profits.
Renault’s UK franchised car dealers are set to adopt a new logo for the French carmaker in 2022 after it followed fellow OEMs into a 2D re-brand.
Groupe Renault has revealed details of a new “Renaulution” strategy which aims to halve the Renault, Dacia, Lada and Alpine carmakers’ number of vehicle platforms while delivering 24 model launches by 2024.
Dacia has unveiled three all-new models, the Sandero, Sandero Stepway and Logan, ahead of their launch at the end of September.
Renault has laid out plans to implement 14,600 job cuts as it reduces its global vehicle production output by 17.5% in a bid to save £1.8 billion by 2024.
Renault has appointed former Seat president Luca De Meo as its new chief executive more than a year after the departure of Carlos Ghosn from the brand.
Roads which use contactless induction technology to charge electric vehicles (EV) on-the-move are part of a two-year Groupe Renault project to trial a series of innovative charging solutions.
Groupe Renault promote Stephen Whitcombe.
The first group of 18 technicians to complete Groupe Renault’s Advanced Apprenticeship Programme have all graduated from the scheme “with honours”.
Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has had his bail interrupted as Japanese prosecutors re-arrested him once again amid allegations that he caused the carmaker £3.8 million in losses.
Renault will unveil a 2019 “evolution” of its Clio hatchback at next month’s Geneva Motor Show – paving the way to further electrification of its range.
Renault’s board has taken the decision to separate the roles of chairman and chief executive following the resignation of Carlos Ghosn.
Groupe Renault will work with EDF, Total and ENEL to promote the large-scale take-up of electric cars across Europe.
