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The Renault-Nissan Alliance, the world's fourth-largest automotive group,
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The Renault-Nissan Alliance, the world's fourth-largest automotive group,

continues to make progress in its commitment to closing the gender gap,
with both companies reporting a rise in the percentage of women in
manager-level positions globally in 2013 compared with the previous year.

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at the senior executive management level. Two out of its ten-member
435,000 units in April-November, headed
executive committee are women: Mouna Sepehri, executive vice-president for 700,000 in FY2023
of the office of the CEO; and Marie-Françoise Damesin, executive vice-
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globally in fiscal year 2013, up from 10.3 percent in fiscal year 2012. In
Japan, women at Nissan accounted for 7.1 percent of such positions, up
from 6.8 percent in the previous year and more than quadruple from 1.6
percent in fiscal year 2004. By 2017, Nissan aims to raise that figure to 10
percent in Japan and to 14% globally.
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Nissan remains an industry benchmark in its home market of Japan, with

the percentage of its women managers more than double the national
average for large manufacturers. In March, Nissan was recognized as a
‘Nadeshiko Brand’ by the Tokyo Stock Exchange for the second year in a
row for its support and promotion of women in the workplace.

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Committed to closing the gender gap
"The Renault-Nissan Alliance remains committed to fully leveraging our
global talent pool and closing the gender gap, and we are seeing
incremental progress toward that goal every year," said Renault-Nissan
chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn. "Hiring and promoting women is the
right thing to do for society – and for our business, because women decide
or influence the overwhelming majority of car purchases globally."
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Products, services and mentorship for women to drive business
Women are considered ‘influencers’ on 80 percent of all new-car
purchases, according to consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, meaning that they
either buy the vehicle outright or have "veto power" on a man's purchase.
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Renault Captur that was evenly split between men and women. Half of the
team members dedicated to the crossover's engineering, design, marketing
and sales were women, the highest for any Renault car. Captur went on
sale last year and is today the most popular compact crossover in Europe.
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In addition to product initiatives, Renault is also expanding an internal

social network called Women@Renault, founded in 2012 and led by
Mouna Sepehri. The network is a digital and real-world community in
which to discuss gender progress, and it also analyzes best practices
around recruitment, training and career management. Women@Renault
has 4,500 members in 12 key markets (Algeria, Argentina, Brazil,
Colombia, France, India, Korea, Morocco, Romania, Russia, Spain and
Turkey).

Earlier this year, Nissan debuted its ‘Ladies First’ dealership, mostly
managed and staffed by women. The dealership in the Tokyo suburb of
Fuchu features stylish interiors, a nursing room and a spacious area where
children can play and is aimed at making the shopping experience more
welcoming to women and first-time buyers.

Nissan says it will roll out 300 ‘Ladies First’ dealerships across Japan by
next year. It is also considering expanding the program to overseas
markets. Nissan will take lessons learned from the ‘Ladies First’ project
and apply it wherever applicable.

Diverse executive management teams

In addition to becoming more gender diverse, Renault and Nissan are
becoming more multicultural, particularly at the executive level, reflecting
the geographic reach of both companies. Together Renault and Nissan sold
8.3 million vehicles in 2013 in nearly 200 markets worldwide. 

Boulogne Billancourt, France-based Renault today counts 20 nationalities

among its key 150 executive positions globally, including French, Spanish,
Japanese, Brazilian, Russian and German executives.

Yokohama, Japan-based Nissan continues to be the auto industry leader

for diversity at the executive rank. Forty-nine of its 100 top positions are
held by foreign-born executives from 17 different countries.

The Renault-Nissan Alliance is a strategic partnership between Paris-

based Renault and Yokohama, Japan-based Nissan, which together sell one
in 10 cars worldwide. The companies, which have been strategic partners
since 1999, sold 8.3 million cars in nearly 200 countries in 2013. The
Alliance also operates strategic collaborations with automakers including
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recently took a majority stake in Russia's top automaker, AVTOVAZ.

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Detroit Electric and Integrated Energy of Korea

sign MoU for EVs and project to deploy ‘V2x’
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Integrated Energy, a Korea-based company mainly engaged in the energy and
eco-business sectors, and electric vehicle maker Detroit Electric

By Autocar Pro News Desk 13 Oct 2014

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Integrated Energy, a Korea-based company mainly engaged in the energy

and eco-business sectors, and electric vehicle maker Detroit Electric today
announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Integrated
Energy to conduct retail sales of Detroit Electric pure electric vehicles, and
to implement a joint V2X project which will include a pilot program in
South Korea.

The MoU was signed by Billy So, the chairman of Integrated Energy Ltd,
and Albert Lam, the chairman and Group CEO of Detroit Electric Holdings
Ltd. Detroit Electric, a company which began life in 1906 and established
itself as the market leader and most prolific manufacturer of electric cars,
and was revived in 2008 by Albert Lam.
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The MoU establishes a process for appointing Integrated Energy to be the

dealer of Detroit Electric products in Jeju Island, South Korea. Sales are
expected to commence in the first quarter of 2015, and Integrated Energy
will place an initial order of 300 vehicles at the signing of the dealer
agreement.

Jeju Island, equipped with the most comprehensive electric vehicle

charging infrastructure in South Korea, has set its sights on becoming a
zero car emissions zone by 2020.

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The two companies have also announced that both will jointly implement a
V2X pilot programme, including a demonstration site in Jeju Island to
realize V2X technology, covering vehicle to grid, vehicle to home and
vehicle to vehicle, in daily operations of a fleet of electric vehicles supplied
by Detroit Electric.

The electric vehicles, developed and manufactured by Detroit Electric, will

be equipped with bi-directional charge and discharge features made
possible through the patented Detroit Electric home charging and power
back-up unit – named ‘360-POWERBACK’ – which turns the vehicle into a
power source for both the grid and the home. Integrated Energy and
Detroit Electric foresee the potential to further deploy this V2X
technology to other regions in South Korea, after a successful
implementation of the initial V2X pilot programme. To further extend the
cooperation between the two companies into energy businesses, Detroit
Electric will collaborate with Integrated Energy, as agreed in the MOU, to
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explore second life battery, redeployment of used vehicle batteries as
energy storage business opportunities in Korea.

Both companies share the same vision that second life EV batteries can
play a pivotal role in energy storage for renewable power supply and this
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“This is a strategic step in the development of Detroit Electric business in

the global market and we are delighted to partner with Integrated Energy
to deliver our high performance vehicle and services to Korean customers,”
commented Albert Lam, chairman and Group CEO of Detroit Electric,
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“With the vision beyond the EV business, the joint V2X pilot project in Jeju
Island with Integrated Energy will certainly be a showcase of our
innovative technology and sustainable business model.”

“It's our bi-directional charge and discharge technology and Smartphone

Application Managed Infotainment system - ‘SAMI’ – that will
revolutionize the way we use electric cars,” he added, “Soon customers will
be able to earn money from stored energy in their car's battery, power
their home or business, and even charge other EVs. These are important
issues that need to be addressed for the future of battery recycling and
energy storage demanded by the renewable energy industry,” said Mr Lam.

Billy So, the chairman of Integrated Energy stated, “We entered this
collaboration with a view to deliver value and high technology to our
Korean customers using world-class electric vehicles from Detroit Electric.
By partnering with Detroit Electric, we are looking forward to moving to
the next step to conduct some trial projects and to develop business
models for second life battery and the recycling business in Korea. By this
shared view, we predict this new industry sector possesses the potential to
profoundly change ESS (energy storage system) business landscape for the
better.”

Photograph: Detroit Electric's SP:01 limited edition full electric sports car. 

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