One year after its launch, Ampere is making the difference in
intelligent electric vehicle
ONE YEAR AFTER ITS LAUNCH, AMPERE IS MAKING THE
DIFFERENCE IN INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC VEHICLE
- In a
challenging yet growing EV market for the years to come, Ampere is
moving fast to take the lead in Europe.
- Over the
past year, Ampere accelerated its development and manufacturing
times: Twingo is on track to be developed in less than 2 years, for
a selling price under 20,000 euros; and Renault 5 well advanced to
be manufactured in less than 10 hours in its Ampere ElectriCity
hub.
- After a
positive first cooperation around its compact EV, Nissan asked
Ampere to explore the development of its next A-segment electric
car, leveraging the breakthroughs processes newly
implemented.
- This new
opportunity demonstrates the acceleration of Ampere as a Tech
platform for major brands : Alpine with A290 and A390, Nissan with
its Compact EV and future A-segment, Mitsubishi with its next C-SUV
EV.
- To speed
up in the development of its vehicles and scout the best level in
terms of technological innovation and customer experience, Ampere
now leverages a dedicated team in China, working very closely with
Chinese partners, with the objective to learn and
catch-up.
-
Demonstration of its agility in times of volatility and its
capacity to reduce costs significantly, Ampere is ready to get LFP
(Lithium, Iron, Phosphate) chemistry in its cars beginning 2026 and
will set up a breakthrough technology in
batteries, based on cobalt-free chemistry, as soon as
2028.
- Ampere
will have in 2026 the first European SDV, one example proving the
validity of its horizontal approach, allowing to reduce costs while
keeping the IP of what is core.
- Ampere
is on track with its 40% cost reduction roadmap between the first
and second generation of C-segment electric vehicles by 2028,
thanks to LFP and new technologies such as cell-to-pack in
2026.
- Our next
generation of EV, set to reach the market in 2028, will integrate
breakthrough technologies and ambitions to be at the best level of
the competition, catching-up two generations in
one.
- Going
beyond electric vehicles, Ampere unveils the technologies toward
net-zero mobility featured in its Renault Emblème demo-car
presented at Paris Motor Show.
Boulogne-Billancourt, France –
October 30, 2024 – One year after its launch,
Ampere, the intelligent EV pure player, shares the major
advancements made in the past twelve months during a site
visit.
Despite the recent slowing down of EV market,
Ampere accelerates to catch up with the leaders and widen the gap
with its peers in Europe. Ampere plans to take advantage of the
expected growth of EV market, around 25% annually in the next five
years, driving automotive market growth.
Deeply rooted in France, to serve the European
market and beyond, Ampere set up in the North of France
ElectriCity, its EV manufacturing hub, leveraging a whole
ecosystem to produce in a competitive way its electric vehicles:
Megane E-Tech Electric, Scenic E-Tech Electric, Renault 5 E-Tech
Electric and Renault 4 E-Tech Electric. ElectriCity,
gathering Douai, Maubeuge and Ruitz plants, and in close
collaboration with Cléon for e-powertrain, is reducing its
manufacturing time to produce Renault 5 in less than 10 hours.
Announced one year ago, Twingo development is
well on track, ready to be on the market in 2026, developed in less
than two years, for a selling price under 20,000 euros. To do so,
we scouted the best level of technological innovations and customer
experience.
After a first successful tech cooperation on the
soon-to-come compact EV, Nissan asked Ampere to explore the
development of its next A-segment EV, building on its acceleration
and leveraging the breakthroughs processes newly implemented. This
car would benefit from Ampere cost reduction roadmap and reduced
development time.
This new opportunity demonstrates Ampere strong
position as a Tech platform for major brands: Alpine with A390
developed on AmpR Medium, alongside A290 developed on AmpR Small
and manufactured in Douai; Nissan with its compact EV developped
and manufactured by Ampere, and future A-segment EV, and Mitsubishi
with its C-SUV EV developed on AmpR Medium platform and
manufactured in Douai from 2025.
To speed up in the development of its EVs,
Ampere relies on a dedicated entity called Advanced China
Development Center, created to gather a team working very
closely with Chinese partners. The ambition of having such an
integrated team there is to learn from the ecosystem on development
processes, and get the most of it both for Ampere and Renault Group
teams.
Ampere has also achieved to get the LFP
(Lithium, Iron, Phosphate) technology into its cars in 18 months,
alongside NMC (Nickel, Manganese, Cobalt), demonstrating its
agility in times of volatility and its capacity to drive major
transformations in record times to reduce costs significantly. With
cell-to-pack technologies and working on cell-to-chassis, Ampere
offers to its customers the best autonomy at the best price,
depending on their usage.
By 2028, Ampere will be ready to deliver the
next technology leap in chemistry with cobalt-free batteries,
gathering the energy density of the NCM, the cost and safety of
LFP, and less than 15-min charge. It foreshadows our objective to
double around 2030 the energy density of NCM thanks to a
cobalt-free cathode and a Li-Metal anode applied to a structural
Solid State Battery.
Ampere will have in 2026 the first European SDV
with FlexEVan, one example of the validity of its horizontal
approach, allowing to reduce costs while keeping the IP of what is
core. This approach is key in the Software, with Google and
Qualcomm; but also in the batteries with four partners based in
Europe; and in power Electronics, to accelerate in this field
representing a significant part of the cost of an electric
powertrain.
The combination of these advancements made over
the past year allows Ampere to be well on track with its 40% cost
reduction roadmap between the first and second generation of
C-segment EVs in 2028, in particular thanks to LFP and new
technologies such as cell-to-pack.
Our next generation of C-segment EVs will offer
in 2028 the best efficiency thanks to a breakthrough in energy
integration, thermal management, and embedding other new
technologies such as our third generation of rare-earth free motor.
With these cars, Ampere plans to be at the best level of the
competition and catch-up two generations in one.
Going beyond electric vehicles to net zero
mobility, Ampere unveils the work done to address a major
engineering and innovation challenge giving birth to Renault
Emblème. Convinced that decarbonization can only be achieved by
playing as a team, Ampere gathered the most cutting-edge
technologies across key areas, to turn its ambition to an
up-and-running car.
”We’ve designed Ampere to deliver unique
technology and customer experience, to catch up with the best in a
record time. The major advancements made by Ampere in just one year
prove that it is definitely the most substantiated response of
Europe’s auto industry to new competitors coming from the East and
the West. We are making the difference and our objective is to take
the lead in Europe and beyond.” said Luca de Meo, CEO of Renault
Group and Ampere.
About Ampere
Ampere is the first European intelligent EV pure
player. Born from Renault Group, Ampere designs, develops,
manufactures and markets full electric vehicles featuring
cutting-edge software technology, accessible to all. The customer
experience, as well as social and environmental impacts, are
embedded throughout the vehicle development process to ensure they
align with the brand’s commitment to its customers, the planet and
those living on it. For more information, please visit
www.ampere.cars or follow Ampere on LinkedIn or X.
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