The group confirmed on Thursday the production of its new 100% electric 4L at the Maubeuge (North) plant. Renault also confirms production of the electric Scénic in Douai (North), where the R5 will also be produced.
Renault is expanding its French electric car production. The group confirmed Thursday that the future electric 4L will be assembled at the Maubeuge (North) plant, one of the sites of the group’s hub dedicated to zero-emission cars in Hauts-de-France, called “ElectriCity”. Renault also confirms that the electric Scénic will be assembled in the nearby Douai (North) plant. It is also on this site that the new R5 will be produced. The latter, like the 4L, will come out of the chains in 2024, while the Scénic will be assembled next year.
Six 100% electric models assembled in Hauts-de-France
The Renault group underlines with this announcement to “definitively place France at the center of its electrical industrial activities”, the group underlined in a press release.
In total, the “ElectriCity” division will produce six electric models: the Megane E-TECH Electric (already on the market), the New Kangoo E-TECH Electric, the future electric Renault 5, the future electric Renault Scénic, the future electric Renault 4 and the electric model that will replace the Nissan Micra.
The diamond brand aims to produce 700,000 vehicles in France by 2024 and 100% electric sales by 2030. The manufacturer made these announcements when it has to specify the details of its internal revolution in early November, the division of its thermal activities. that retrograde and electric that accelerates.
2500 hires by 2024
Alongside these vehicle assignments to French sites, Renault has provided an employment update. The group stressed that it had hired nearly 1,000 in France since the beginning of 2022, out of the 2,500 planned for the period 2022-2024. They follow a huge savings plan launched in 2020 to get the group out of the red zone, with 2,500 job cuts, particularly in engineering.
After discussions on inflation, marked by strikes at many sites, the group signed an agreement at the end of September with three unions (CFE-CGC, CFDT and FO) to “support purchasing power” which provides an exceptional bonus of 500 euros (a “Macron bonus”, without social security contributions). Added to this is a transport bonus of 100 euros, free health insurance for three months and the possibility of reselling three days of RTT with a 25% increase, or a total of 1000 euros for “most employees”, according to Renault.
The CGT did not sign the agreement, considering these measures “insufficient” and asking for a general increase of 5,000 euros per year. The group stressed that it also brought forward annual wage negotiations from February 2023 to December 2022.
Electric cars also produced in Dieppe, Sandouville or Batilly
Near the “ElectriCity”, the Alpine plant of Dieppe (Seine Maritime) will produce the future SUV of the sports brand. As for public utilities, the Sandouville (Seine-Maritime) plant will manage the new electric van Trafic and Batilly (Meurthe-et-Moselle) the replacement of the Master, as well as a partner’s vehicle. Le Mans (Sarthe) will build the chassis linked to the new vehicles.
