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Renault Ending Era of Carmaking at French Plant Despite Pushback
- Electric-car production will cease at Flins factory by 2024
- Unions say Zoe output should remain at facility near Paris
Renault CEO Luca De Meo
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Renault SA is pushing ahead with plans to cease vehicle production at a plant outside Paris despite union opposition and government pressure to keep manufacturing in France.
“We’re facing up to reality,” Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard said Wednesday after meeting with labor representatives at the Flins plant that’s made 20 different models over almost 70 years. “We all know that the status quo is no longer possible. We need to reinvent Flins.”