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Driving It Home: Renault Symbioz Concept is a Modular Living Room
– Can’t we all just get along? Not humans, that’ll seemingly never happen—but how about our stuff? Maybe in the future, all of our personally owned items will cooperate with us and with one another. Renault is continuing the expanding internet-of-things conversation at the Frankfurt auto show with its Symbioz concept, an autonomous and all-electric connected […]
McLaren F1 team sets deadline for engine decision amid Renault speculation
BUDAPEST – McLaren says the next five weeks will be the key to deciding which engine it will use next season, with speculation mounting that the former world champions could ditch Honda and switch to Renault. Chief operating officer Jonathan Neale told Reuters at the Hungarian Grand Prix that “everybody is talking to everybody,” but […]
Renault Captur 2017 review – Brand new design with improved interior quality
But that hasn’t stopped the French firm from updating it. Having launched the Kadjar medium crossover in 2016 and with a bigger Koleos crossover coming this summer, Renault wants the baby of the three to look like its bigger siblings. So a nose job was in order and with it comes improved interior quality, more […]
Renault will work with UK-based Powervault on home storage units
The Renault is entering into a trial program with Powervault to test how old EV batteries perform when being used for home-based stationary-storage units. The trial program will begin with 50 units next month and will be conducted for 12 months. Powervault, which was founded in 2012, estimates that so-called “second-life” EV batteries can reduce […]
Renault and Nissan are among the businesses affected by massive ransomeware attack
SINGAPORE/TORONTO, May 14 (Reuters) – Technical staff scrambled on Sunday to patch computers and restore infected ones, amid fears that the ransomware worm that stopped car factories, hospitals, shops and schools could wreak fresh havoc on Monday when employees log back on. Cybersecurity experts said the spread of the virus dubbed WannaCry – “ransomware” which […]
Renault And Nissan Plants Hit By Massive Ransomware Attack
French auto giant Renault became the first major French company to report being affected by Friday’s ransomware attack that affected tens of thousands of computers in almost 100 countries across the world, reports Automotive News. An English plant of Renault’s alliance partner Nissan was also hit by the attack. Advertisement Renault stopped production across several […]
Renault taxis of WWI | The Exposition
Welcome to the first episode of a video series we’re calling The Exposition, in which we’ll explore the rich history of the transportation industry. From the obscure to the iconic to the everyday, these short videos will offer some fascinating background about cars and the things you might not know about them. In this episode […]
The Renault R.S. 2027 Vision could be the F1 car of the future
At this week’s Auto Shanghai, French automaker and Formula 1 factory team Renault revealed their idea of Formula 1’s future, the R.S. 2027 Vision. It takes the three main focus points of modern Formula 1 development – safety, driver engagement, and entertainment – and distills it into what Renault believes cars may look like in […]
Renault caught in ‘emissiongate’ scandal after report accuses it of pollution cheating
Published time: 16 Mar, 2017 02:31 Renault shares plunged 3.2 percent on Wednesday amid allegations that the French car manufacturer fitted its vehicles with software allowing them to skirt legal emission limits, despite the company’s assurances that it did not breach any European or national regulations. On Tuesday, the French daily Liberation claimed to have […]
