April 30, 2020 – Groupe Renault— a French multinational automobile manufacturer— has signed up with our open source and patent non-aggression community. The cutting-edge company leverages open source to design cutting-edge vehicles, including robo-vehicle concepts, electric-powered Formula E motorsports cars, connected and autonomous vehicles.
The enterprise — which will celebrate 121 years in business soon — markets 5 unique but complementary brands worldwide: Renault, Dacia, Renault Samsung Motors, Alpine and LADA, has a joint venture with Chinese manufacturer Dongfeng and alliances with Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors. The company sold nearly 3.9 million vehicles in 134 countries in 2018, operates 36 manufacturing sites and employs more than 180,000 people. By 2022, all Groupe Renault vehicles will be connected on the key markets and 15 models will offer varying degrees of autonomy.