Renault says Alliance partner Nissan, contributed EUR494m (US$562m) to its first quarter earnings.

“Nissan’s results, published in JGAAP, for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014/2015 (January 1 to March 31, 2015), after restatements, will have a positive contribution to Renault’s first-half 2015 net income estimated at EUR494m,” noted a Renault statement.