TOKYO — The Renault-Nissan- Mitsubishi alliance's bid to plow $26 billion into electric vehicles may splash less cash than big rivals such as General Motors or Toyota.
But the grand investment announced last week seemed aimed as much at reassuring the world the Franco-Japanese partners are still talking as much as touting their future trajectory.
Alliance Operating Board Chairman Jean- Dominique Senard, who was hired for the job after the group's former boss Carlos Ghosn was arrested in Japan in November 2018, repeatedly stressed that distrust and discord had melted away and the partners were bounding toward a bright future.