May 27th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Renault and Nissan say they have devised a new power sharing scheme, but will it work or is it just an attempt to paper over differences that have festered for years?
March 1st, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
Renault published its 2019 results on Valentine’s Day. It is unlikely the company made its shareholders happy. The company lost €383 million in 2019. Thanks to a €242 million bonus from Nissan, only €141 million was charged to the shareholders
November 18th, 2019 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
I have learned that it is easy to say what is wrong, but more productive to look at possible improvements. After recently making clear what I think of the new Renault hydrogen initiative, I owe them a follow-up about the realistic, not-so-realistic, and fanboy-dreamt possibilities they have at their fingertips
May 29th, 2019 | by Jennifer Sensiba
While Nissan’s executives deny it, many in the automotive media and even Carlos Ghosn himself think his arrest was orchestrated by Nissan executives to prevent a merger with Renault. If this is true, then the executives have indeed shot themselves in the foot
March 9th, 2019 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
On March 9th, 1954, Carlos Ghosn was born in Brazil. A full 65 years later, the best we can say about this day is that he did not spend the day in jail
January 17th, 2019 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
History is sometimes ironic. The French state saw Carlos Ghosn's refusal to merge Nissan into Renault as an obstacle to the growth of the former national car company. They attributed it to his megalomania, and not to sentiments within Nissan and Japan. He could only keep his job at Renault when he promised to make the alliance irreversible, nearly as good as a full merger. That job would be for his successor
January 11th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Dacia, part of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance -- has a reputation for building basic vehicles and selling them at a low price. The head of the brand says that won't change when it comes to making electric cars that carry the Dacia brand.
January 7th, 2019 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
After seven weeks in jail, Carlos Ghosn is getting a hearing in court. His lawyers can ask questions, and he can read a statement. How he should write a statement while he is denied pen and paper is beyond me. What is also beyond me is the Japanese justice system
October 29th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
I recently published a summary view of the electric vehicle plans of the world's 3 largest automakers and then automakers #4–7 and then automakers #8–10. Per reader request, here's all 10 of them together
September 20th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance is showing us how it perceives our last-mile mobility needs of tomorrow with the Renault EZ-
