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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance Plans Joint EV Platform
The alliance between Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors plans to introduce a common platform by 2020 to carry electric vehicles marketed by all three brands, The Nikkei says.
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The alliance between Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors plans to introduce a common platform by 2020 to carry electric vehicles marketed by all three brands, The Nikkei says.
Sales of all-electric cars by the alliance grew 11% to 91,000 units last year. The partners expect the new chassis will underpin a combined 2 million midsize EVs, most of them SUV/crossovers, between 2020 and 2025. The companies said previously that they intend to introduce 12 new EVS by 2022.
Sharing a single platform will lower development costs by 20%-30% compared with the cost of each company developing its own EV architecture, according to The Nikkei. It says the alliance is likely to develop other shared platforms for smaller and larger vehicles.
IHS Markit predicts the global market for EVs will expand sevenfold to 5.6 million units by 2025 and 8.4 million by 2030.
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