Renault "traded" 1,700 jobs for 700,000 production and 9 new cars

A few days ago, three of the four major French guilds have signed agreements with Renault Group, agreeing to lay off 1,700 employees. Renault, on the other hand, needs to announce production plans as soon as possible; At the same time, it has also promised to introduce and produce 9 new models in France, most of which are pure electric models.

Recently, three of the four major French guilds have signed agreements with Renault Group, agreeing to lay off 1,700 employees, while Renault will ensure that production targets are completed and new models are introduced. But the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) rejected the layoffs.

Specifically, as part of the agreement, Renault needs to announce production plans as soon as possible, and its production is expected to be 700,000 units. At the same time, Renault has also promised to introduce and produce 9 new models in France, most of which are pure electric models.

Among them, the factory in northern France will focus on the production of electric vehicles, including the Megana e-Tech electric vehicle, the Renault 5 electric vehicle, the Kangoo electric MPV, and two other models that have not yet been announced; The Klein plant, which is currently the production center of the internal combustion engine, will be transformed into a complete battery chain; The Le Mans plant will focus on vehicle chassis production, while the Dieppe and Sandouville plants will produce new Alps and an electric medium-sized van; The Batilly plant will continue to produce large trucks.

Focus on this layoff as part of its 2020 proposed cost-saving plan, renault plans to achieve cost reductions of 2 billion euros through, among other means, and most of the measures in the plan are expected to be implemented in 2022; But the layoffs are not mandatory, and the number of layoffs has dropped from 2,000 to the current 1,700.

At the same time, during the implementation of the cost reduction plan (2022-2024), Renault will also employ about 2,500 workers in France, of which 2,000 are front-line production personnel, and it has also promised to hire more female employees.

Renault started open source throttling, in part because of poor business performance. In the first half of 2020, it suffered a record loss of 7.29 billion yuan, resulting in a global layoff of approximately 15,000 employees and a 18% reduction in production capacity.

At the same time, the transition to produce more electric vehicles is also one of the reasons for its layoffs, because it requires fewer workers to produce electric vehicles than traditional fuel vehicles. But Renault also assured that it would not shut down the plant completely and would retrain its employees in the production of electric vehicles; In addition, it will retrofit some plants to achieve innovation and profitability in "recyclable" aspects, such as recycling scrapped automotive precious metals. (Compiled by Guo Yue, China Economic Network)