Renault-Nissan to Launch More Than 10 Vehicles With Autonomous Drive Technology Over the Next Four Years

Renault-Nissan to Launch More Than 10 Vehicles With Autonomous Drive Technology Over the Next Four Years

SUNNYVALE, California, January 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

       
        - World's fourth largest car group confirms autonomous drive and connectivity
          timeline through 2020
        - Fatal and serious injuries have been significantly reduced; new technologies will help
          make cars even safer
        - Car group hires new executive to oversee connectivity and connected car services
          globally

    The Renault-Nissan Alliance will launch more than 10 vehicles with autonomous drive
technology in the next four years.

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The global car group confirmed today that it will launch a range of vehicles with
autonomous capabilities in the United States, Europe, Japan and China through 2020. The
technology will be installed on mainstream, mass-market cars at affordable prices.

    In addition, Renault-Nissan will launch a suite of new connectivity applications that
will make it easier for people to stay connected to work, entertainment and social
networks.

    "Renault-Nissan Alliance is deeply committed to the twin goals of 'zero emissions and
zero fatalities,'" Renault-Nissan Alliance Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn said at the
Renault-Nissan Silicon Valley Research Center. "That's why we are developing autonomous
driving and connectivity for mass-market, mainstream vehicles on three continents."

    Zero emission and zero fatalities  

    Renault-Nissan is already the industry's zero-emission leader by far. The Alliance has
sold nearly 300,000 all-electric vehicles since the first Nissan LEAF was sold in the San
Francisco Bay Area in December 2010.

    Safety and efficiency of vehicles across the Renault-Nissan Alliance have increased
dramatically. For instance, fatal and serious injuries in Nissan vehicles in Japan
decreased 61 percent in 20 years; fatal and serious injuries in Renault vehicles in France
decreased 80 percent in 15 years.

    Autonomous drive is expected to help further reduce driver error, which is responsible
for up to 90 percent of all fatalities.

    2016 will mark the debut of vehicles with "single-lane control," a feature that allows
cars to drive autonomously on highways, including in heavy, stop-and-go traffic. In 2018,
Renault-Nissan will launch vehicles with "multiple-lane control," which can autonomously
negotiate hazards and change lanes during highway driving. And 2020 will see the launch of
"intersection autonomy," which can navigate city intersections and heavy urban traffic
without driver intervention.

    For the full press release as well as related photos and video, go to:
http://www.media.blog.alliance-renault-nissan.com/news/5740

       
         
        MEDIA CONTACT 
        Aline Henry 
        Renault-Nissan Alliance Communications 
        aline.henry@renault-nissan.com  
        +33(0)6-03-09-54-97 

     

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