Why Renault is focusing on refurbishing cars
Cars are brought to Flins by truck, and it is this cost that will make or break the project, says Mériadec. “Transport costs are our enemy, because a dealer would typically do this work locally in their own facilities. We have to make up that deficit by being much more efficient in other areas; 200km is really our outer limit.”
Delivery and inspection takes two days on average, parts ordering and subsequent repairs six and the return transport a further two. Crucially, however, at the end of the process the factory places each car in a photo booth for a ten- minute automated shoot that produces 196 images that are turned into five 360deg videos and 41 pictures. These are uploaded to the dealer so the car can go on sale online immediately, and all just eight days after being sent away.
“The typical repair costs are €600-900 per car, and of course we have had to prove our value to dealers,” says Mériadec. “But I think we are already there, because the savings are evident and the quality of work exceptional. We didn’t set up to take over their business but to make it more efficient.
That ‘circular economy’ is set to play a larger part. Already the parts breaking facility, Gaia, is supplying spares, and the 3D printing arm has been called into action. “We had awith a broken string to support the boot cover,” Mériadec says. “Normally we’d source an entire new cover, but Gaia got us the string.”
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