Renault sets out targets for EV unit, says won't sell it cheap

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French car maker Renault said on Wednesday its electric vehicles unit Ampere, which it plans to list on the market next year, forecast 10 billion euros ($10.8 billion) in revenues in 2025, more than doubling to 25 billion euros in 2031.

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15 Nov 2023

The group set out financial targets for the unit, including an expected break-even in 2025 and an operating margin of at least 10% from 2030, ahead of an investor day where it hopes to drum up support for an initial public offering slated for spring 2024.

The plan has been complicated by slower demand for EVs, choppy markets and increased Chinese competition, with sources close to the deal telling Reuters last month CEO Luca de Meo's hoped-for valuation of 8 to 10 billion euros looked over-ambitious.

Finance chief Thierry Pieton told reporters ahead of the presentation Renault would not sell off Ampere cheap and had ample cash flow to keep financing it should it not get the valuation it wanted for an IPO.

«We are not going to give it away,» he said.

Asked if Renault could decide to distribute Ampere shares to