Plant frees up capacity to build more Duster SUVs

Renault, along with Schneider Electric, Moroccan company M2M, and Morocco's National Agency for the Development of Renewable Energy and Energetic Efficiency (ADEREE), will work on a project to develop an electric vehicle (EV). According to a report by Ecofin Agency, citing L'Usine Nouvelle, the consortium will stage a demonstration of the Moroccan-made model during the 22nd annual Conference of Parties (COP22) global summit on climate change, to be held from 7 to 18 November. Separately, Renault is planning to shift some production of its Dacia Logan "multi-convivial vehicle" (MCV) wagon from its Romanian Pitesti plant to its Moroccan Tangiers plant during the first quarter of 2017. Renault spokesperson Celine Furet said that only some production of the Logan MCV, which totalled about 40,000 units in 2015, would move to Tangiers. Furet added that the shift in production comes as the automaker's Pitesti plant frees up capacity to build more Duster sport utility vehicle (SUVs).

Significance: EVs that are also expected to be used during the climate conference include the Renault Twizy, Kangoo, Zoe and the Nissan LEAF and Evalia. During the 21st COP in Paris, Renault-Nissan installed 90 new EV charging points to support 200 EVs in a bid to underline its commitment to the technology. The installations were undertaken in partnership with French energy provider EDF, Schneider Electric, Aéroports de Paris, Paris City Council, and France's national railway company, SNCF. Renault has invested USD1.33 billion in the Tangiers plant, which builds the Lodgy, Sandero, and Dokker models, and the Logan MCV will be a new addition to the facility's output. The Tangiers plant exported around 94% of its production in 2015, according to IHS Automotive data. In 2015, Renault Group produced 2.8 million vehicles worldwide, of which nearly 10%, or 288,050 vehicles, were produced at its Moroccan plants. Furthermore, in April, Renault, along with nearly 15 component suppliers, signed an agreement with the Moroccan authorities to build a new strategic project dubbed "Renault Ecosystem". The new project, worth MAD10 billion (USD1.04 billion), aims to develop a "global supply platform" for the automaker.

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