Renault announced that it expects that production on the Alpine GT X-Over full-electric model will begin by 2025.
PARIS — Renault will develop its GT X-Over full-electric model for its Alpine brand at its Dieppe site in northern France.
Production will begin by 2025, and the vehicle will run on Renault-Nissan’s CMF EV platform, Renault said in a statement released on Friday.
Renault CEO Luca de Meo and and France’s Economy Minster, Bruno Le Maire, are seen during their visit to the Dieppe plant on Jan. 28, 2021.
The platform supports the Renault Megane E-Tech battery-powered version of the Megane compact car and The Nissan Ariya electric crossover.
The alliance announced a 23 billion euro ($26 billion) commitment to electric vehicles in 5 years. On Thursday, the group announced it would support 1.5 million cars by 2030 across five brands: Nissan, Renault, Mitsubishi, Infiniti, and Alpine.
Renault chairman Jean-Dominique Senard said the new model would ensure the future of Dieppe. Dieppe site.
“There was uncertainty over the future of that plant a few years ago, and now thanks to Renault’s teams’ work, we will be able to secure the future of that plant,” Senard spoke to France Inter radio.
Senard added that Renault planned to hire another 2,500 employees to its French factories.
Renault CEO Luca de Meo and and France’s Economy Minster, image.
The Dieppe factory is currently building the only Alpine model, The A110. It is the tiniest assembly facility within the alliance.
In January, the company announced that Renault declared that they would change Alpine into an entirely electric model. The lineup of Alpine will be expanded in 2026 by introducing three new fully electric models: the GT X-Over, a compact vehicle, and an updated version based on the A110.
Renault aims for Alpine to become profitable by 2025, which includes investing in motorsports.
Alpine will be absorbed by the performance arm of Renault, RenaultSport, which now creates faster versions of Renault models like those of the Clio and Megane. Alpine will be promoted worldwide through its Alpine Formula 1 team, which Renault rebranded in the 2021 season.
