Renault’s subsidiary prepares electric motors again

The Future is Neutral, a joint venture between Renault and environmental services provider Suez, is presenting its circular economy model for automakers and suppliers at the Automechanika trade show in Frankfurt/Main this week. This includes a new service for recycling electric motors.

Recycling of a Renault electric motor

Image: The Future is Neutral

The Renault Group established a company dedicated exclusively to the circular economy back in 2022. Named The Future is Neutral, it aims to “become the leader in the circular economy for vehicles in Europe by 2030,” as its subsidiary stated at its founding four years ago. In October 2024, Renault brought in additional expertise and capital through Suez, a company specialized in waste management and recycling, as Suez acquired a 20 percent stake.

Since then, The Future is Neutral has significantly expanded its offerings and is now presenting them at Automechanika in Frankfurt/Main (September 8 to 12, 2026), a major trade show for the automotive aftermarket. Renault’s subsidiary highlights one of the key features as a new service from its The Remakers division, which specializes in remanufacturing automotive components. In other words, components from decommissioned vehicles are not sent for recycling but instead refurbished for reuse.

Focus on Renault’s 6AM electric motor

The Remakers will specifically showcase its new industrial remanufacturing solution for Renault’s 6AM electric motor at Automechanika. This is an electrically excited synchronous machine (SSM) that does not use rare earth elements (magnet-free), and it is used in various power levels in models such as the Renault Mégane E-Tech Electric and the Renault Scenic E-Tech Electric.

Thanks to remanufacturing, these Renault electric motors can be brought back to market—with performance and reliability that are on par with new motors, at approximately 30 percent lower costs, while also reducing environmental impact.

The Remakers thereby strengthens its position as a supplier in this sector and expands its range of recycled components for electric vehicles, which already includes the 5A electric motor (known from the Renault Zoe or Renault Kangoo Z.E.) and the Power Electronic Controller.

In addition, The Remakers will also present a new study at Automechanika that examines the life cycle analyses of eight representative product families of recycled components from its own portfolio. The consulting firm Quantis investigated the impact of these products on climate change, resource consumption (minerals and metals), acidification, freshwater eutrophication, and photochemical ozone formation.