Ghosn said of Renault's current management, including CEO Luca de Meo, who is leading the automaker's revival strategy, "It's all very well to make announcements about plans, but strategy is only 5 percent."

French prosecutors claim Ghosn, as well as four others, enriched the former CEO of Nissan and Renault by steering Renault funds through an Oman vehicle distributor.

There are no signs of any imminent structural change in the three-way alliance that includes Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

The executive-turned-international fugitive has grown even more pessimistic about the prospects of Nissan and Renault in the 11 months since his book was first published.

Indicted former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn says he is stepping up the campaign to reclaim his legacy, calls Nissan "boring" and says its alliance with Renault is a "zombie."

The alliance partners, together with Mitsubishi, are expected to launch more than 30 new full-electric models by 2030 on five common platforms and invest more than $23 billion on EVs.

Carlos Ghosn warns that old-guard companies such as Nissan must speed up their EV plans to stay competitive with newcomers.

Selling part of its 43 percent stake in Nissan could raise billions and ease long-standing tensions between the alliance partners.

The alliance says the partners will jointly launch 35 new EVs over the next five years. And they will pursue a common strategy to secure global battery production capacity of 220 gigawatt-hours by 2030.

As part of the push, Renault will lead development of a common centralized electrical and electronic architecture and will introduce its first "full software defined vehicle" by 2025.