2018 2019 Annual Report
2018 2019 Annual Report
2018 2019 Annual Report
THE FUTURE
OF MOBILITY
TODAY 2 0 18 – 2 0 19
A N N UA L R E PO RT
Me s s a g e s f r o m
t h e C ha i r ma n a n d
t h e C h ie f Ex e c ut iv e
Of f ic e r 02
T h e a l l - n ew C l io ,
ca rry ing t he ge nes
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A le a d e r i n e le c t r ic
m o b i l it y 08
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S ma r t is la n d e c o sy s t e ms 10
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Be n e f it i n g m o b i l it y 12
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O n t he r o a d t o a ut o n o my 14
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A r o b o -v e h ic le t r i lo gy 16
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C o n q u e r i n g n ew h o r iz o ns 18
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Ma n uf a c t u r i n g e nt e r s
a n ew e r a 20
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C o m m it t e d t o s o l id a r it y 22
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A pa s s io n f o r s p o r t
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A n ew f a c e f o r
t h e A l l ia nc e 26
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or 120 years, our cars have been all about passion, invent-
GROUPE RENAULT - 01
In the past year, Renault demonstrated its resilience and
strength in the face of obstacles. I am especially proud to have
joined this Group at a defining moment in its history.
MESSAGE A defining moment, first, because the automotive sector
is undergoing radical change and must reinvent mobility
FROM JEAN- and associated services, amid a rapidly evolving competitive
environment. For Renault, these challenges represent
DOMINIQUE opportunities to showcase its expertise, in the spirit of
conquest and innovation that has guided its actions for more
SENARD than 120 years.
A defining moment, in addition, because Renault is
C HA I R MA N O F embarking on a new phase in its history. As we enter this new
T H E B OA R D O F D I R E C T O R S ,
era, we have put trust at the center of our model. To begin
G R O U P E R E N A U LT
with, the Group has revamped its governance structure to
improve its balance as well as the diversity of skills and
profiles, all underpinned by a strong ethical foundation.
Next, we wanted to give the Alliance a new start. Its structure
and its organization have been reconceived to guarantee
an effective balance of power, foster dialogue, and promote
fluidity. Today, our Alliance is stronger and better equipped to
confront the challenges ahead.
For Groupe Renault, this new structure and organization
are the guarantee of confidence and performance over the
long term. It is my firm conviction that the Group is now well
equipped to grow profitably and with respect for people.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
O F G R O U P E R E N A U LT A S O F A P R I L 1 , 2 0 19
Thomas Courbe
Director representing the French FOUR SPECIALIZED COMMITTEES
government AUDIT, RISKS AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
ETHICS COMMITTEE (CARE) This Committee has between three
Marie-Annick Darmaillac This Committee has between three and and �ve members. It met four times
Independent Director eight members. It met six times in 2018. in 2018. It makes recommendations
The CARE monitors issues relating to to the Board, in particular concerning
Thierry Derez the preparation and audit of the �nancial the compensation policies for the Chairman
Independent Director statements and all accounting and �nancial and the Chief Executive Of�cer, draft
information, as well as the effectiveness resolutions to be submitted for the approval
Pierre Fleuriot of internal audit and risk management of shareholders at the General Meeting
Independent Director systems. on corporate of�cers’ compensation,
the compensation of directors and,
Richard Gentil APPOINTMENTS AND more broadly, all types of incentive
Director elected by employees GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE mechanisms for the Group’s employees.
This Committee has between three
Carlos Ghosn and �ve members. It met nine times in 2018. INTERNATIONAL, INDUSTRIAL
Director Its responsibilities include considering AND DIGITAL STRATEGY COMMITTEE
the renewal of directors’ terms of of�ce This Committee has between three and nine
Philippe Lagayette and drawing up succession plans for senior members. It met three times in 2018. Its
Independent Director executives, all while aiming to improve main responsibility is to regularly review
gender balance on governing bodies. the overall strategy of the Group and the
It monitors the Group’s adherence Alliance, in particular regarding mergers
to its commitments in terms of ethics and acquisitions, strategic partnerships,
and non-�nancial compliance as well product and technology development,
Find out more about the membership as environmental, workforce-related the competitiveness of production sites,
of the Board of Directors at and social responsibility. and the Group’s geographic expansion.
group.renault.com/en/our-company/
leadership/board-of-directors/
GROUPE RENAULT - 03
With 3.88 million vehicles sold, Groupe Renault set a new sales
record in 2018, with revenues of €57.4 billion and an operating
margin above 6%, while remaining profitable in each of its
MESSAGE regions. This performance was achieved despite numerous
challenges. 2018 saw the collapse of, and even the withdrawal
FROM from, certain markets, unfavorable exchange rates, and more
rapid shifts in the global energy mix. In the face of these
THIERRY headwinds, Groupe Renault demonstrated exceptional resilience.
What were the sources of this strength? First, a more robust
BOLLORE internationalization strategy. In 2018, we generated more than
half of our sales outside Europe. We beat our own records
C H I E F EX EC UT IV E O F F I C E R , in Russia, Brazil and Argentina, while expanding our foothold
G R O U P E R E N A U LT
in China. The synergies unlocked within the Alliance also
contributed to our Group’s performance, as did the FAST
transformation program.
A diversified geographic presence, financial discipline,
the collective efforts of all the men and women that make up
Groupe Renault and the Alliance—these were the sources of
our strength in 2018 and they will continue to fuel our growth
over the coming years, in line with the objectives of our Drive
the Future strategic plan. We are looking ahead to the future
with confidence, under the leadership of Jean-Dominique
Senard and with several new faces on the Executive Committee.
Together, we will help build tomorrow’s mobility: electric,
connected, autonomous, shared and accessible to everyone.
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Thierry Bolloré Olivier Murguet
EXECUTIVE Chief Executive Of�cer, Groupe Renault Group EVP, Sales and Regions
Find out more about the membership of the Executive Committee at group.renault.com/en/our-company/ leadership/executive-committee/
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THE ALL-NEW
CLIO, CARRYING
THE GENES OF
THE FUTURE
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Not only has the fifth generation of the Clio T H E A L L- N E W C L I O ,
undergone a complete makeover—especially its ICON OF
interior—but it is also equipped with the first A NEW G ENERAT IO N
technology elements of tomorrow’s autonomous,
…
electrified and connected cars. What better than
an icon to embody the future of mobility? MORE MODERN, MORE ATHLETIC,
With its most advanced supermini yet, Renault THIS FIFTH-GENERATION CLIO COMBINES EXTERIOR
is paving the way for the next generation of EVOLUTION A ND INTERIOR REVOLUTION.
cars. More sophisticated, embedding many new
technologies, the all-new Clio makes the driver
assistance systems leading to tomorrow’s autono-
mous driving widely available today on a city car. No. 1 15
Under the hood is an E-Tech hybrid powertrain. IN FRA NCE MILLION
Protected by more than 150 patents, it is inspired across all classes units sold since 1990
… …
by the engine of the same name developed by the
engineers and designers at Renault F1 Team and
offers a unique driving experience: electric mode
No. 2
IN EUROPE
always engaged at start-up, highly responsive …
acceleration, and regenerative braking. The all-
new Clio also stands out with its new “Smart
Cockpit” cabin architecture. More compact to free
up space, it is also more ergonomic for the driver,
and the dashboard’s wave-like shape creates an
impression of visual width. Lastly, with Renault
Easy Drive, the car features the most comprehen-
sive driver assistance system on the market in its
class, divided into three function areas: driving,
parking and safety.
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A LEADER
IN ELECTRIC
MOBILITY
Renault was a pioneer and is the European
leader in all-electric mobility, with more than
200,000 units sold of the popular Zoe and
Kangoo Z.E. models. Today, the Group is step-
ping up its efforts to put the energy transition
within everyone’s reach. The electrification of
the Renault range is continuing, as laid out in
the Drive the Future strategic plan, with a single
goal: making electric vehicles affordable for
the widest possible public around the world.
Renault K-ZE, the latest addition to the electric
vehicle family, designed for an international
rollout, will be introduced first in China, the
world’s largest market for electric vehicles.
Apart from the vehicles themselves, Groupe
Renault is working with its many partners to
co-construct solutions for the electric vehicle
ecosystem. Electric vehicles, via their batteries,
are central to the smarter reuse of energy and
have a key role to play in next-generation
mobility, including car-sharing systems. For
Renault, electric vehicles hold the promise of
multiple beneficial developments in technology
and for society.
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AT T H E F O R E F RO NT
O F E L ECT R IC MO B I L IT Y
…
A PIONEER A ND LEA DER
IN A LL-ELECTRIC MOBILITY, RENAULT
IS STEPPING UP ITS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE
THE ENERGY TRA NSITION.
10+ 30,000
YEA RS EMPLOYEES
of experience trained specifcally to work
… on electric vehicles
…
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How can we build an integrated electric vehi-
cle ecosystem, including energy management
and storage? As a participant in the Smart Fossil
Free Island program, the Group decided to
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BEY O N D V EH IC L ES ,
A N EC OSY ST E M
…
ELECTRIC VEHICLES A RE ESSENTIA L TO ACHIEVING
THE TRIPLE TRA NSITION TO ELECTRIC MOBILITY, RENEWA BLE ENERGIES
A ND SMA RT GRIDS. TOGETHER WITH ITS PUBLIC- A ND PRIVATE-SECTOR
PA RTNERS, THE GROUP IS DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
TO MA KE THIS VISION A REA LITY.
2 3
SMA RT ISLA ND SMA RT CO-INNOVATION
projects projects to balance
… energy supply and demand
…
BIDIRECTIONAL CHARGING
To address the issues raised by peak consumption
periods, in early 2019 Renault unveiled the frst-ever
large-scale test, in Portugal and the Netherlands,
of a bidirectional charging, or vehicle-to-grid,
system for electric vehicles, a key component
of the future smart grids. This system not only allows
charging to take place particularly when demand
is low and thus at lower prices, but the vehicles
are also able to feed power back into the grid to
increase its capacity during peak demand times.
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BENEFITING
MOBILITY
More and more, consumers are opting for
sharing over owning. The Group is actively
committed to this sharing economy and has
taken on the role of service operator to offer
new urban mobility solutions. In the south of
France, 2019 saw the launch of Renault
Mobility’s electric vehicle car-sharing service in
Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur, the intercommunal
structure linking 49 member municipalities
and centered on the city of Nice. In four of these
municipalities, 57 Renault Zoe electric vehicles
are now available for rental 24/7, by the hour
or the day. In Madrid, Renault has teamed up
with the Spanish infrastructure operator
Ferrovial Servicios to propose Zity, a service
providing access to a fleet of 500 Renault Zoe
electric vehicles. Zity offers unrestricted driv-
ing throughout the city, free parking, and the
possibility to keep the car during a stopover, for
a meeting or appointment, to run shopping
errands, or even to take in a movie. With this
service, Renault is testing an ultra-flexible and
unique offering. In keeping with its long-term
vision around mobility issues and tomorrow’s
smart cities, the Group is positioning itself as
an operator of new services, with a constant
eye to evolving usage patterns, at the forefront
of electric mobility in Europe.
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G ET T I NG A RO U N D I N C IT I ES
D I F F E R E N T LY
…
PERSONAL VEHICLES NOW SHARE
CITY STREETS WITH NEW MODES
OF TRANSPORTATION.
5,500 1 in 3 km
ELECTRIC DRIVEN
vehicles by Renault WILL BE SHA RED
available for car-sharing by 2030
in Europe (PwC study, 2018)
… …
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How can we solve the “last mile” problem
and expand the reach of public transportation
to transform urban areas into efficient smart
cities, for the benefit of their residents? For the
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Rouen), Transdev and Matmut, has entered its AT T H E F O R E F RO NT
operational phase. Four driverless Renault Zoe O F E X P E R I M E N TA T I O N
electric vehicles are being tested on three circuits, …
originating at the terminus of a tram line, by a
group of local resident volunteers. They use an TOMORROW’S MOBILITY IS NO LONGER
application to submit their requests to be picked CONFINED TO LABS. FAR FROM MERELY
up by a Renault Zoe, which then drives them to IMAGINING THE FUTURE, GROUPE RENAULT
their destination. At the Plateau de Saclay, an IS EXPLORING IT IN ALL ITS DIMENSIONS.
international science and technology cluster near
Paris, a group of École Polytechnique students are
taking part in an open road test of a robo-cab ser-
vice developed by the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi 3 - 10 - 17
Rouen Normandy Autonomous Lab service:
Alliance, accessed via a smartphone app.
3 lines, 10 kilometers, 17 stops
…
SHARED VISION
To go further and imagine the automobile’s place
in tomorrow’s smart cities, Groupe Renault initiated
a joint creative exploratory project in 2018 along with
the architecture �rm Chartier Dalix focusing on the trio
of concept cars introduced in 2018 by Renault—
EZ-GO, EZ-PRO and EZ-ULTIMO— to examine how
they could �t into Chartier Dalix’s current studies.
This “multi-strata city” project is fully in tune with
emerging urban ecosystems, bringing together vehicles,
infrastructure and services.
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T hrough t he full robo-vehicle family
unveiled in 2018, Renault is exploring the
shared mobility of the future, setting its sights
on 2030. The Group sees mobility solutions
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IN COLLA BORAT ION
W I T H O U R PA R T N E R S
…
TO UNLEASH THE FULL POTENTIAL OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES,
THE GROUP IS PURSUING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.
GROUPERO
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thus launched a SUV-style A-segment city car,
the K-ZE, developed in record time by eGT, a
joint venture created in 2017 by the Alliance
and Dongfeng Motor Group. In addition, it
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BEY O N D
C H I NA
…
FOR THE GROUP, THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET IS NOT
AN UNDIFFERENTIATED WHOLE. MEETING LOCAL NEEDS
AND OFFERING AFFORDABLE CARS ARE CENTRAL TO ITS VISION.
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adapt quickly to meet evolving customer
expectations. Plants are also connected,
providing abundant and reliable information
on all manufacturing links, in both production
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NEW J O BS ,
NEW T OO LS
…
THE TRA NSFORMATION IS WELL UNDERWAY
IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE GROUP’S BUSINESS
A ND TA PS INTO A LL THE TA LENT A ND ENERGY
OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
40 min 10+
PER DAY BILLION
Time saved by an A lliance data points collected by
Production Way basic work our machines each month
unit (UET) leader to optimize our processes
… …
EVERYTHING IS CHANGING,
EXCEPT OUR TALENT
Skills are evolving and new areas of expertise are
emerging, but women and men are still central to
Industry 4.0: they include team leaders working via
tablets, maintenance analysts who use data to perform
predictive maintenance, and tooling managers who rely
on digital technologies to facilitate the customization
of vehicles on the production line.
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COMMITTED TO
SOLIDARITY
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A L EA D E R ’S
R ES P O NS I B I L IT Y
…
BEING A LEADER ALSO MEANS PURSUING INNOVATION,
CIRCULATING INFORMATION AND RAISING AWARENESS
TO ENSURE ACCESSIBLE AND SAFE MOBILITY.
356 480
GA RAGES VEHICLES
Renault Solidaires donated in 2018
in France(1) to �re�ghters
… and �rst responders
for use in emergency
12 extrication training
…
SOCIA L IMPACT
start-ups supported by
the Mobilize Invest fund(2)
…
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A PASSION
FOR SPORTS
AND
EXCELLENCE
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Ambitious goals for F1 and a podium for UP FOR
Alpine—by combining its passion for sports T H E C HA L L E N G E
and its technology excellence, the Group …
stays true to its core values. Its commitment
to F1 is not only a strong driver for brand YESTERDAY ON THE TRACK,
reputation or a demonstration of the Group’s TODAY ON THE PRODUCTION LINE, PASSION
fait hf ulness to a sporting legacy. Being FOR SPORTS IS PART OF THE GROUP’S DNA .
among the best in this ultimate discipline
also means having a state-of-the-art labora-
tory for innovation and cutting-edge exper-
tise, which is also useful for Groupe Renault’s 14,500 50 billion
engineering teams and its production models. COMPONENTS DATA POINTS
Renault F1 Team has invested heavily since in an F1 single-seater collected per car
… and per race weekend
2016 in its two bases, at Enstone in the United …
Kingdom and Viry-Châtillon in France, to
equip them with the very latest technology.
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CONSTRUCTORS’
The aim is to secure podium places, but also TITLES
to put the technological expertise acquired plus an exceptional
list of Grand Prix wins
by Renault F1 Team engineers to work for the between 1979 and 2018
wider public, in terms of energy management, …
simulation and data processing tools, not to
mention lessons learned from the F1 Team’s
agile management practices.
40 YEARS LATER
Forty years after the triumph of the Alpine A442B of
Didier Pironi and Jean-Pierre Jaussaud at the 24 Hours
of Le Mans in 1978, the Alpine A470 of Nicolas Lapierre,
André Negrão and Pierre Thiriet was declared the winner
of this legendary race in 2018. Another major success
of the year was the return of the Alpine A110, with more
than 3,800 units delivered since its release.
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The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance
achieved combined sales of more than 10.7 mil-
lion vehicles in nearly 200 countries in 2018.
To further strengthen this joint structure and
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companies, this new board will continue its T H E A C H I EV E M E NT S O F
work on several fronts, including the develop- A L EA DER
ment of the Common Module Family (CMF) …
approach, a unique, modular architecture
system allowing Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi THE WORLD’S LARGEST AUTOMOTIVE ALLIANCE
to build a wide range of vehicles under their IS ACCELERATING ITS EXPANSION
respective brands from a smaller pool of parts. AND BUILDING ON ITS WINNING FORMULA
Now extended to all the Alliance’s vehicle TO FIRMLY POSITION ITSELF AS THE GLOBAL LEA DER
segments, the CMF approach was used for the IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE MARKET.
fifth generation of the Clio launched in 2019, for
example. By 2022, 70% of Alliance vehicles will
be produced using CMF platforms.
450,000+ €10 billion
EMPLOYEES IN A NNUA L SYNERGIES
work in A lliance companies targeted by the end
… of the strategic plan
…
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