Renault’s EV unit, Ampere, has announced an ‘ambitious’ battery plan integrating LFP technology alongside the nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) batteries currently used by Renault Group.
It will work alongside LG Energy Solution (LGES) and China’s CATL to set up an integrated value chain on the European continent.
The two partners will provide Ampere with LFP batteries that will equip several models of Renault and Alpine brands and will cover battery needs for this technology until 2030, Ampere says.
The integration of LFP and Cell-to-Pack technologies will enable Ampere to reduce by around 20% the cost of batteries in its vehicles from beginning of 2026, with first models to be equipped with LFP Technology from early 2026.
Batteries are assembled at Ampere ElectriCity (France), in the Assembly Battery Shop of Douai Manufacture.
Josep Maria Recasens, Chief Operating Officer of Ampere, said: “In a fast-changing and competitive environment, our battery strategy is proof of the efficiency of Ampere’s open and horizontal approach with best-in-class partners, ensuring smart capital allocation, flexibility and rapid execution.”
In a separate statement, LGES said it had signed a deal to supply 39 gigawatt hours of LFP pouch-type batteries to Renault to power about 590,000 vehicles.
The battery cells will be produced in Poland.
Under the five-year contract, the firm will provide LFP batteries to Ampere from late 2025 through 2030.
