Honda and Nissan Getting Closer: A Sneer at Renault?

Nissan and Honda announced today the signing of a strategic partnership focused on smart and electrified cars.

Honda and Nissan have boldly stated that the heart of developing tomorrow’s electrified vehicles lies in next-generation software. An electric car is merely the counterpart in Watts and Volts to a combustion vehicle. To properly operate an electric machine, computer programming must be executed with absolute precision. A state-of-the-art flexible-screen smartphone is technologically far more complex than a Tesla powertrain.

The two Japanese manufacturers have decided to unite their R&D capabilities and pool their investments in various technologies. The main goal is to accelerate the dissemination and evolution of electric vehicles, particularly SDVs, which are being studied in the fields of intelligence and electrification. We will need to get used to these SDVs (Software Defined Vehicles), or vehicles designed around software, which herald the next generation of cars.

Honda is laughing, while Renault must be feeling sore!

The field of software—particularly autonomous driving, connectivity, and AI—will determine the value of vehicles in the future and will become a source of competitiveness. Technological innovation is extremely rapid, and synergies can logically be easily achieved through the merging of the two companies’ resources, such as technological expertise and human resources. A dream that Renault touched upon during its merger with Nissan, which Honda has now taken up with a hint of opportunism, certainly.

More generally, the two brands have agreed on the possibility of cooperating in areas such as charging, energy-related equipment, energy services using batteries, and charging services. In short, the car and all its environment…

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