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Renault has been slammed by local labour organizations in France after it was revealed that Renault plans to make its first electric car under its Dacia brand in Shiyan, China.

According to the latest news from foreign media, Dacia, the Romanian carmaker owned by France's Renault, has confirmed that its first electric model will be put into production in China. Mihai Bordeanu, marketing director of Dacia, said in an interview with foreign reporters: "Renault Group completed the engineering part of vehicle production on an alliance platform, while production was completed in Chinese factories." China is the largest electric car market with a sound ecosystem, which enables us to bring this Spring electric vehicle to Europe as soon as possible. "

Dacia, the largest car manufacturer in Romania, was acquired by the French Renault Group in 1999. Dacia is mainly producing "cheap cars", so Dacia has always been famous for its pricing in the European market.

Recently, the Dacia brand officially launched its new electric model Spring, which is based on the Renault-Nissan CMF-A small car platform and is the same platform model as the domestic Dongfeng Renault, Dongfeng T1EV and Dongfeng Qichen E30. In fact, the Dacia Spring can be regarded as a standard-changing model of Renault. As a reference, the Dongfeng Renault positioning mini electric vehicle has a mileage of 271km under NEDC comprehensive operating conditions.

The Dacia Spring electric car will be produced in a factory in Shiyan, Hubei province, which is owned by easyJet New Energy vehicle Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Dongfeng, Renault and Nissan, the source said. And Dongfeng Renault miniature pure electric SUV is also produced in this factory.

Dacia plans to put the Spring model into production in Shiyan factory, which is expected to fully share resources and quickly achieve mass production and market.

According to foreign media reports, Frank Deiss (Frank Daoust), a spokesman for the French Labor Democratic Union (CFDT), said, "We are fundamentally opposed to the manufacture of Spring in China, which is not in line with the government's support for the French automobile industry and employment."

"it is inconceivable and irresponsible to produce these cars anywhere outside France," the French Labor Democratic Union said in a statement. "

It is understood that out of self-interest, European labor organizations will naturally oppose all production activities outside the local market. As a result, the attack is not entirely aimed at the Chinese market.

At present, Renault Group has completely withdrawn from the fuel passenger car business in China, but retained part of the new energy and commercial vehicle business. Dacia Spring and Renault are the same products with different car labels. The Dacia brand only plans to set up the production base of the Spring model in Shiyan, China, and does not plan to carry out sales work in China. The main reason behind the French labor organization's strong protest against the commissioning of Spring in China is that it will have an impact on the employment of the local labor force. However, from the perspective of cost savings, Renault still hopes to put Spring into production in China, and then enter the European market at a low price.

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