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Renault to Increase Output of its Brazilian Factories by 100,000 Units in 2013
Brazil is currently Renault’s third biggest market, behind only France and Germany. This year, the French company sold 133,158 Renault passenger cars and 30,672 Renault and Nissan LCVs and, according to the company’s CEO, Carlos Ghosn, along with Russia and India, it's “one of its three top priority marketsâ€. Ghosn visited Renault’s Curitiba plant and announced the group’s plan to invest €200 million (US$267 million) and add 1,000 jobs in order to increase its production by 100,000 units until 2013.
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Renault And Nissan Won’t Even Go Near Their 1.5-million Ev Sales Target By 2016
Renault and Nissan are serious about electric vehicles. Nissan’s Leaf is an appreciated car, and it is selling, just not as well as originally anticipated. However, it will soon be joined by the electric version of the NV200 commercial vehicle,...
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Nissan Ceo Carlos Ghosn Admits Leaf Ev Will Fall Way Short Of Its 2012 Sales Target
Last March, during the New York Auto Show, Carlos Ghosn, the CEO of the Renault-Nissan alliance, told reporters that Nissan’s all-electric Leaf compact would double its 2011 sales this year. Given that the Japanese carmaker shifted 9,679 units...
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Renault And Caterham Officially Join Forces To Resurrect Alpine Brand
It's no secret that Renault was looking for a partner to revive its Alpine sports car brand and now the French carmaker says it has found it in the Caterham Group. The two companies made the wedding official today during a press conference in Paris...
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Patrick Pélata Resigns As Renault's Coo In The Wake Of Ev Spy Scandal…but Remains At The Company
The botched espionage affair that rocked French carmaker Renault the past few months is once again in the headlines. Renault's Chief Operating Officer once again handed his resignation to the CEO Carlos Ghosn, but this time the group’s boss...
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Renault – Nissan Break Ground For New Indian Plant That Will Build The New Micra
Today, French carmaker Renault and its affiliate Nissan performed the ground breaking ceremony for their new passenger vehicle plant in Chennai, India, that’s expected to begin operations in 2010. The facility will have an annual production capacity...
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