Renault to Open First R&D Center in Morocco, Expanding Global Footprint

This center will be based in Tangier and will employ about a hundred technicians and engineers. Its commissioning is scheduled for early 2025, reports Challenge, specifying that all of Renault’s entities worldwide will be able to benefit from the services of this center of excellence.

Renault has set its sights on Morocco for about ten years. A few months ago, the French group created a subsidiary in the kingdom, Renault Digital Maroc, dedicated to the development and maintenance of digital products for the group and its customers worldwide.

With nearly 60,290 new units sold at the end of 2023, Morocco is Renault’s tenth largest global market. The two Renault plants in Morocco, which employ 12,000 employees, produced a total of 380,000 vehicles last year.

The French manufacturer plans to increase its production in Morocco to 500,000 vehicles as early as 2024, thanks to the production of the Dacia Jogger and the Mobilize Duo electric vehicle by the Tangier plant, as well as the Renault Kardian SUV by Somaca.