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Ford and Renault Join Forces in a Fight for Survival. They Want to Produce Cheaper Electric Cars to Face Chinese Competition

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Automakers plan to produce cheap electric cars to fight Chinese competition • New cars will use Renault platform and arrive on the market in 2028 • Ford seeks to stop market share decline in Europe with new cooperation
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The Renault factory in Douai will assemble from 2028 two Ford models on the same platform as the R5 and R4. But if both brands are delighted with this partnership, one of the two has more to gain from it than the other.

The strategic alliance between Ford Motor Company and Renault Group to develop and produce electric vehicles in Europe represents a major industrial movement. According to Ford’s official statement, two new electrified models based on Renault’s Ampere platform will reach the market in 2028. Ford has stressed that, although these vehicles will be manufactured in Renault Group facilities in France, the Almussafes plant (Valencia) maintains a “fund…

For Ford, it is a matter of reinvesting the B and C segments deserted by the departures of the Fiesta last year and the Focus a few days ago. Ford is in trouble in Europe The Explorers and the new Capri – both 100% electric – can simply not compensate for the drop in sales that resulted from this early start. First, the agreement is for two models, which will be built on Renault's Ampere Small platform, the one used in particular by Renault 4 an…

While the automotive industry is in a complex situation, manufacturers need to adapt. This is how many of them set up alliances and partnerships between them. The goal? To share technologies, and reduce development costs. This is what Volkswagen is doing with Xpeng, or even Ford with Volkswagen for its electric cars. But now the American company has made an amazing change of course. Since now, the company has just entered into a collaboration wi…

Automakers plan to produce cheap electric cars to fight Chinese competition • New cars will use Renault platform and arrive on the market in 2028 • Ford seeks to stop market share decline in Europe with new cooperation

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Živě.cz broke the news in on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
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