Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi and DiDi Chuxing Sign MOU to Explore Car-sharing Partnership in China

Paris, Tokyo, and Yokohama, Japan (ots/PRNewswire) -

Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, the world's leading automotive
alliance, today announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding
with DiDi Chuxing ('DiDi'), the leading Chinese mobile transportation
platform, to explore future business cooperation on a new electric
vehicle car-sharing program in the People's Republic of China.

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The memorandum of understanding signed with DiDi underlines the
commitment to new mobility services at the Alliance, including the
launch of robo-vehicle ride-hailing services, as part of the Alliance
2022 strategic midterm plan launched last year by
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi.

Ogi Redzic, senior vice president of Connected Vehicles and
Mobility Services for Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, said: "The potential
business and technology opportunities that we will explore with DiDi
are quite promising. This cooperation fits with the Alliance
expansion in vehicle electrification, autonomy, connectivity and new
mobility services."

Chen Ting, General Manager for the Express Mobility Group of DiDi
Chuxing, said, "Strategic partnerships with the world's leading
industry players like Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi will enable us to
pool our strengths and resources to meet diversified mobility demands
and create an open, sharing-based transportation ecosystem, as we
innovate vehicles for a future of ridesharing, AI technology and new
energy."

As the world's largest automotive group in unit sales, the
Alliance is accelerating convergence and synergy initiatives in a
range of new automotive technologies. By the end of its strategic
plan, the Alliance will launch 12 pure electric models worldwide,
utilizing common EV platforms and components, while also bringing to
market 40 vehicles worldwide with autonomous drive technology and
developing robo-vehicle ride-hailing services.

Under the Alliance 2022 strategic plan, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi
is forecasting that the combined revenues of its member companies
will reach $240 billion and that annual unit sales will exceed 14
million by the end of 2022, compared with 10.6 million units sold by
its member companies in 2017.

ABOUT RENAULT-NISSAN-MITSUBISHI:

Groupe Renault, Nissan Motor Company and Mitsubishi Motors
represent the world's largest automotive alliance. It is the
longest-lasting and most productive cross-cultural partnership in the
auto industry. Together, the partners more than 10.6 million vehicles
in nearly 200 countries in 2017. The member companies are focused on
collaboration and maximizing synergies to boost competitiveness. They
have strategic collaborations with other automotive groups, including
Germany's Daimler and China's Dongfeng. This strategic alliance is
the industry leader in zero-emission vehicles and is developing the
latest advanced technologies, with plans to offer autonomous drive,
connectivity features and services on a wide range of affordable
vehicles.

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