{"id":520259,"date":"2010-04-07T22:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T02:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27954921.post-713777191547850734"},"modified":"2010-04-07T22:48:22","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T02:48:22","slug":"renault-nissan-daimler-officially-announce-cooperation-on-electric-cars-smart-ev-coming-in-2013-tnr-v-czx-v-lmr-v-rm-v-wlc-v-li-v-clq-v-sqm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/520259","title":{"rendered":"Renault-Nissan-Daimler Officially Announce Cooperation on Electric Cars, Smart EV coming in 2013 TNR.v, CZX.v, LMR.v, RM.v, WLC.v, LI.v, CLQ.v, SQM,"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This alliance is very important for our EV mass market, Nissan has the most advanced lithium batteries at the moment from NEC which they are going to use in Nissan Leaf and Renault EV models. Daimler with Mercedes is a brand for the luxury car in a lot of markets, EV from Daimler will make it a premium mass market play very fast. Not so long ago Mercedes signed a deal with BYD: they are buying time and access to the markets – the EV game must be taken very seriously now. NEC on its side is very aggressively rumping up production of lithium batteries.<\/div>\n
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“NEC is the lithium-ion batteries suppler for Nissan<\/span><\/b><\/a>. After today’s <\/span><\/i>Nissan Leaf announcement<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/a> on pricing we have another confirmation of a very robust demand for Electric Cars in this pricing range. NEC rumping up batteries production means only one for our <\/span><\/i>Lithium Demand<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/a> expectations that this bottleneck will be even more crucial for Electric Cars roll out in a mass market fashion – we expect more <\/span><\/i>deals from Japanese trading houses to secure Lithium supply<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/a> from upcoming developers in the sector.<\/span><\/i>“<\/span><\/div>\n

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“Renault-Nissan-Daimler Officially Announce Cooperation on Electric Cars, Smart EV coming in 2013<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n
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Yesterday I brought you rumors of an impending tie-up announcement by Renault-Nissan and Daimler<\/a>. Surprise, surprise. The companies have today made it official\u2026 and provided some more tidbits about what the cooperation actually means.<\/p>\n

Chief interesting bits among them: technology sharing on upcoming fully electric versions of the Renault Twingo (very popular in Europe) and the Smart ForTwo as well as diesel engine sharing for both models.<\/p>\n

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The companies have sealed the deal with a largely symbolic 3.1% cross-shareholding of each partner\u2019s equity capital. Reportedly, brand identities will not be affected.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur skills complement each other very well,\u201d said Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and head of Mercedes-Benz Cars. \u201dRight away, we are strengthening our competitiveness in the small and compact car segment and are reducing our CO2 footprint \u2013 both on a long-term basis. We know that we can make brand-typical products based on shared architectures. The individual brand identities will remain unaffected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Electric Cars and Small Car Platforms<\/h3>\n

The three companies will work together on developing a common small car platform that will form the basis of the next generation Smart ForTwo and Renault Twingo. The new platform will retain the rear wheel drive of current Smart cars and the companies are targeting 2013 as an official launch date for them. To avoid direct competition between the brands, Daimler\u2019s Smart will be a two door car and Renault\u2019s Twingo will be a four door.<\/p>\n

The Renault-Nissan-Daimler Alliance (can I call it that now?) says that both vehicles will also be available in electric drive from the moment they launch\u2026 although it\u2019s unclear if the electric drive versions will be RWD like the conventional versions. But that would be sick to have all the torque of an electric motor applied to the rear wheels in a tiny car! Talk about friggin fun.<\/p>\n

Fuel Efficient and Large Engines<\/h3>\n

Renault-Nissan will also provide 3 and 4 cylinder engines to Daimler for Daimler\u2019s as yet unnanounced lineup of Mercedes-Benz compact cars. Renault-Nissan says that they will benefit from the deal by \u201cimproving their capacity utilization\u201d (read \u201ccranking their factories up to full tilt\u201d). In return, Daimler will provide their larger diesel and gasoline Mercedes-Benz engines to Nissan\u2019s luxury brand, Infiniti. The companies have also agreed to work together to develop future gasoline and diesel engines.<\/p>\n

Light Commercial Vehicles<\/h3>\n

In the wake of the Ford Transit Connect\u2019s global success, Renault-Nissan-Daimler will cooperate to bring an entry level light commercial vehicle to the market under the Mercedes-Benz brand by 2012 and will also design a larger midsize commercial vehicle at some point in the future. No word on whether this light commercial vehicle would also have a jointly developed electric powertrain, but it would only make sense given that the Transit Connect comes in such a platform now too.<\/p>\n

Source: <\/strong>Renault-Nissan”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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