Target of 400,000 vehicles produced by Renault in Douai by 2030 – Difficult to achieve
- The Renault plant in Douai (Hauts de France) is now dedicated to the production of battery electric vehicles.
- Two years ago, Renault announced an ambitious target of producing 400,000 electric cars at the Douai site by 2030. The production program then included the Renault Mégane E-Tech, the Renault Scénic E-Tech, as well as the future Renault 5 E-Tech, Alpine A290, and Nissan Micra EV, the latter two models being based on the Renault 5 E-Tech.
- In 2024, the Douai plant produced 89,921 electric cars (compared to 50,781 in 2023), including 30,260 Mégane E-Techs, 34,282 Scénic E-Techs and 25,379 R5 E-Techs. From 2023 to 2024, production increased by 40,000 units.
- At this rate, i.e. 40,000 more units produced each year, we should approach 330,000 units produced in 2030, a figure lower but relatively close to the target of 400,000 units produced.
- But is such a growth rate can be maintained? In fact, it seems difficult to sustain. The Mégane and Scénic are not expected to make significant progress after 2025. And only one new model is planned for 2026 to boost Douai production: the Nissan Micra EV. The Renault 5 E-Tech will therefore have the task of filling up to saturate the plant's activity. Given these factors, Inovev is counting on only 200,000 cars produced in Douai (all models combined) in 2030, half of the announced targets.