Renault shifts toward defense to build military drones

Renault is shifting part of its automotive production expertise toward defense by collaborating with Thales and Turgis Gaillard to mass-produce military drones more cheaply and rapidly, targeting 1,000 units per month of the Toutatis drone by 2027 and producing the cheaper Chorus drone at 600 units per month. This reflects a broader trend of automotive companies entering defense to leverage underused factories amid rising European defense spending and the importance of drones demonstrated in the Ukraine conflict.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Electric Vehicles.