Institution

Renault

1899 · 19th century

Renault is a French car maker founded in 1899 by Louis Renault and his brothers at Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris. It built taxis, lorries and tanks in the First World War. After Louis Renault was accused of collaborating with the German occupiers, the company was nationalised in 1945 as the Régie Nationale des Usines Renault, and it was privatised in 1996.

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