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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Detail Alliance 2022 Plan, Platform Sharing Ensues

Formerly known as Renault-Nissan, the Franco-Japanese entente decided to integrate Mitsubishi into its structure for its future product plan. Known as Alliance 2022, the plan covers six years of production, targets yearly synergies of €10 billion, combined revenues of $240 billion, and forecasts sales of 14 million vehicles. Most importantly, a lot of platform sharing will be going on.
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On the sidelines of the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, the three-strong alliance let it slip that more than 9 million vehicles of the 16 million total will “share four common platforms.” Proportionally speaking, the sharing represents an increase from one-third to three-quarters of the total volume, and that’s just the start of what the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi trio intends to do by 2022.

Carlos Ghosn, the head honcho of the alliance and the architect behind the resurrection of Mitsubishi, makes it clear: “To achieve this target, on one side Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors will accelerate collaboration on common platforms, powertrains and next-generation electric, autonomous and connected technologies. From the other side, synergies will be enhanced by our growing scale.” All in all, this here is a win-win-win situation.

Under Alliance 2022, the manufacturers will launch 12 (!!!) zero-emission electric vehicles. One of them is the 2018 Nissan Leaf-based crossover that’s expected to debut in the nearest of futures. On Renault’s side, the Zoe holds the title of Europe’s favorite EV. As for Mitsubishi, the plug-in hybrid tech from the Outlander will be put to good use by Renault and Nissan.

Beyond these ambitious promises, Renault, Nissan, and Mitsubishi have taken to themselves to offer 40 (!!!) vehicles “with different levels of autonomy, all the way to fully autonomous capability.” That's Level 5 autonomy, which will help RNM become “an operator of robo-vehicle ride-hailing services.”

For the off-road enthusiasts among us, one of the synergies that's worth looking forward to is the Mitsubishi Pajero and Nissan Patrol. For the next-generation models, the Franco-Japanese alliance plans to develop a common architecture that will underpin both of the sport utility vehicles.
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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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