On Thursday, Renault announced a long-term commercial partnership with the French start-up Verkor for the supply of electric batteries with a total capacity of 12 GWh per year, including for the upcoming compact Alpine model from Renault.
The partnership is part of Renault’s strategy to secure essential parts and take control of the value chain of its future Ampere unit, which will focus on electric vehicles and software and will be listed on the stock market by the end of the year.
Under the new arrangement, Verkor – in which the company began to put resources into 2021 – will deliver batteries for its top notch Renault and High models in a plant in Dunkirk, northern France.
The main vehicle utilising the Verkor batteries will be the High C-Hybrid GT, which Renault plans to begin working in 2025.
The group will also receive batteries from another factory in Douai, near Dunkirk, made by the Asian battery manufacturer Envision AESC. These batteries are used in smaller, less powerful vehicles.
