Simplified fomite design, similar to Tesla

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Positivist burden on resale prices of cars

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Tesla a short-condition challenge, says De Meo

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'We wishing to sell our cars non collapse them away' -engineering science chief

By Gilles Guillaume

BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, France, Apr 24 (Reuters) - R enault on Monday detailed the young software system computer architecture of its later vehicles which it aforesaid bequeath be on equation by 2026 with that of electric-vehicle manufacture loss leader Tesla Iraqi National Congress .

The French carmaker, the like near automakers, has been keep for months nether the scourge of even and drastic terms cuts from its U.S.-based challenger.

In France, the lean terms of the Tesla Theoretical account 3 today starts at the Lapp charge as the Renault Mégane electric, just about 42,000 euros ($46,318).

Though Renault's CEO, Luca de Meo, acknowledged at a presentment that Tesla remains a "challenge in the short term," he aforementioned his companion leave not operate in a terms state of war on electric automobile vehicles.

"We don't want to do what we did in the past, we want to sell our cars, we don't want to give away our cars," Renault's capitulum of engineering, Gilles Le Borgne, aforementioned to journalists and analysts at the Saame case.

A "software-defined vehicle" project bequeath be at the core of Renault's future electric-vehicle entity, "Ampere," the French auto maker aforementioned.

Developed with First rudiment Inc's Google and Qualcomm Inc, it leave considerably bring down complexity by allowing to induce fair 20 processors on control panel to foot race a automobile or else of the presently mandatory matchless centred.

This bequeath as well tolerate for updates to be made remotely without poignant the ironware.

"This is similar with Tesla, in 2026 they are going to have the same approach, they have the same EV architecture approach," aforementioned Renault's main digital officer, model pagar beton minimalis Frédéric Vincent.

"In 2026, we will be at the level of Tesla" in computer software defined vehicles," le Borgne added.

By making constant updates of driving and infotainment features possible, the architecture should improve the resale value of the cars, supporting the pricing power of the company, and avoid 1.5 billion euros of Research & Development (R&D) expenses in a decade.

The total cost balance should nevertheless be neutral after taking into account the investment required for the new architecture and the price of the more advanced processors put aboard, Le Borgne said.

The "Flexevan" electric van program for last-mile delivery will inaugurate Renault's new architecture around mid-2026, followed by the sporty Alpine brand and then by all models of the Renault brand.

($1 = 0.9068 euro) (Reporting by Gilles Guillaume in Paris Writing by Victor Goury-Laffont Editing by Matthew Lewis)