https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French carmaker Renault said Tuesday it aims to end selling simple internal combustion engine vehicles in Europe by 2030 and plans to develop its new electric car platform with Google. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260310/renault-aims-to-stop-selling-fuel-only-cars-in-europe-by-2030 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:44:13 +0100 renault-aims-to-stop-selling-fuel-only-cars-in-europe-by-2030 France is ready to consider cutting its stake in Renault in the interests of consolidating the automaker's alliance with Nissan, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190609/france-ready-to-cut-renault-stake-to-shore-up-nissan-partnership-minister Sun, 09 Jun 2019 10:48:24 +0200 france-ready-to-cut-renault-stake-to-shore-up-nissan-partnership-minister Renault shares plunged on Thursday after Italian-American carmaker Fiat Chrysler said it had withdrawn a proposal for a merger, saying it would be unable to reach an agreement with the French government. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190606/fiat-chrysler-withdraws-merger-offer-renault Thu, 06 Jun 2019 11:19:56 +0200 fiat-chrysler-withdraws-merger-offer-renault UPDATED: Italian-US auto giant Fiat Chrysler presented a merger proposal to France's Renault on Monday that would create the world's third largest automaker. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190526/renault-in-team-up-talks-with-fiat-chrysler-reports Sun, 26 May 2019 15:07:11 +0200 renault-in-team-up-talks-with-fiat-chrysler-reports Arrested former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn is set to name the people he believes are responsible for his downfall in Japan, his wife said in an interview on Sunday as she fled Tokyo out of fear she could be detained. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190407/former-renault-chief-to-name-opponents-in-pre-recorded-video Sun, 07 Apr 2019 16:31:21 +0200 former-renault-chief-to-name-opponents-in-pre-recorded-video France's foreign minister on Saturday urged Tokyo to ensure consular protection and the presumption of innocence in talks with his Japanese counterpart over the case of Carlos Ghosn, after the re-arrest of the former Nissan and Renault boss in Japan. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190406/france-urges-japan-to-respect-ghosns-legal-rights Sat, 06 Apr 2019 18:53:54 +0200 france-urges-japan-to-respect-ghosns-legal-rights Lawyers for French carmaker Renault have criticised their Japanese alliance partner Nissan for its handling of an internal probe into the Carlos Ghosn scandal, a Sunday newspaper has reported. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190210/renault-lawyers-air-serious-concerns-about-nissan-methods Sun, 10 Feb 2019 09:29:49 +0100 renault-lawyers-air-serious-concerns-about-nissan-methods Detained former Renault boss Carlos Ghosn "stands ready" to repay a 50,000-euro ($57,000) bill for his wedding party at the Palace of Versailles, which was waived under a sponsorship deal with the French carmaker, his lawyer said Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190209/ex-renault-ceo-ghosn-ready-to-pay-versailles-wedding-bill-lawyer Sat, 09 Feb 2019 10:27:12 +0100 ex-renault-ceo-ghosn-ready-to-pay-versailles-wedding-bill-lawyer Carlos Ghosn may no longer be in the driver's seat at Renault, but he will remain at the centre of vigorous negotiations in the coming weeks over severance pay potentially worth tens of millions of euros. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190127/first-challenge-for-renaults-new-chiefs-ghosns-payout Sun, 27 Jan 2019 11:42:46 +0100 first-challenge-for-renaults-new-chiefs-ghosns-payout French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire on Sunday dismissed talk of a merger between Renault and Nissan, despite Japanese media reports that France was pushing for it. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190120/france-pushes-japan-to-accept-renault-nissan-merger-reports Sun, 20 Jan 2019 10:41:18 +0100 france-pushes-japan-to-accept-renault-nissan-merger-reports French carmaker Renault unveiled record sales Friday of nearly 3.9 million vehicles last year, even as it prepares to turn the page on the era of chief executive Carlos Ghosn who remains behind bars in Tokyo on fraud charges. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190119/renault-posts-record-sales-as-ghosn-successor-sought Sat, 19 Jan 2019 10:05:44 +0100 renault-posts-record-sales-as-ghosn-successor-sought Under dazzling autumn sunshine in the heart of Paris, Marc Fiot steps out of a new Zoe, Renault's flagship all-electric hatchback, and readily declares it "the future". https://www.thelocal.fr/20181006/at-paris-motor-show-electric-cars-are-the-future-just-not-right-away Sat, 06 Oct 2018 16:48:57 +0200 at-paris-motor-show-electric-cars-are-the-future-just-not-right-away President Trump's decision to pull the US out of the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran and reimpose a raft of sanctions will hit a number of French and European businesses working in Iran. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180805/french-firms-big-losers-in-trumps-new-iranian-sanctions-game Sun, 05 Aug 2018 18:35:04 +0200 french-firms-big-losers-in-trumps-new-iranian-sanctions-game French automaker Renault signed on Monday a long-awaited joint venture deal with Iran worth 660 million euros ($779 million) to build up to 300,000 cars per year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170807/renault-signs-660-million-deal-with-iran Mon, 07 Aug 2017 16:22:18 +0200 renault-signs-660-million-deal-with-iran Renault shareholders on Thursday narrowly backed the whopping €7 million pay package of long-serving chief executive Carlos Ghosn despite the French government, which owns a 20 percent stake, trying to block the move. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170616/renault-chiefs-7-million-salary-package-gets-green-light Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:04:48 +0200 renault-chiefs-7-million-salary-package-gets-green-light Switzerland's Sebastien Buemi consolidated his lead in the Formula E world championship with victory on the streets of Paris on Saturday as title rival Lucas di Grassi crashed out. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170521/formulae-buemi-triumphs-on-streets-of-paris Sun, 21 May 2017 12:19:44 +0200 formulae-buemi-triumphs-on-streets-of-paris French carmaker Renault is the latest major organisation to be hit by the massive wave of cyber attacks sweeping the globe, the company's management said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170513/french-carmaker-renault-shuts-down-sites-after-being-hit-by-cyberattack Sat, 13 May 2017 19:50:02 +0200 french-carmaker-renault-shuts-down-sites-after-being-hit-by-cyberattack Renault has cheated for more than 25 years on pollution tests for diesel and petrol engines with the knowledge of top management, according to a report by French fraud investigators obtained Wednesday by AFP. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170316/renault-cheated-on-25-years-of-pollution-tests Thu, 16 Mar 2017 09:37:27 +0100 renault-cheated-on-25-years-of-pollution-tests French carmaker Renault said Friday it booked a record year in 2016 and that it would not set aside any provisions for potential financial fallout from a diesel emissions probe. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170211/renault-boasts-record-year-despite-diesel-probe Sat, 11 Feb 2017 12:17:19 +0100 renault-boasts-record-year-despite-diesel-probe French investigators will probe Renault over suspected "cheating" in emissions tests of diesel motors, the Paris prosecutors office said Friday, causing shares in the automaker to fall sharply. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170114/france-to-probe-renault-over-suspected-emissions-cheating Sat, 14 Jan 2017 08:49:05 +0100 france-to-probe-renault-over-suspected-emissions-cheating