Renault creates “Roads”, the world’s most powerful driving simulator

Two years or one hundred weeks. This is the time the Renault group aims to never exceed to develop its new vehicles. Like all players in the sector, the French firm is engaged in this race to meet customer expectations as closely as possible. "The ultra-competitive environment, as well as evolving standards, encourage us to shorten vehicle development times. This is even more true with electric vehicles, where technologies are evolving very quickly," explains Christian Stein, Renault Group's communications director. It remains to be seen at what point the manufacturer starts the clock. It is accepted that it begins counting down the days after validating the style of the future model, which the sector translates in its jargon as "concept freeze."

The development phase can then be launched, generally within the confines of its technocentre, a 125-hectare campus inaugurated in 1998...