BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, France: Renault on Monday detailed the new software architecture of its future vehicles which it said will be on par by 2026 with that of electric-vehicle industry leader Tesla Inc.
Though Renault's CEO, Luca de Meo, acknowledged at a presentation that Tesla remains a"challenge in the short term," he said his company will not engage in a price war on electric vehicles. A"software-defined vehicle" design will be at the heart of Renault's future electric-vehicle entity,"Ampere," the French automaker said. Developed with Alphabet Inc's Google and Qualcomm Inc, it will considerably reduce complexity by allowing to have just 20 processors on board to run a car instead of the currently required one hundred.