European aircraft maker Airbus announced on Wednesday a partnership with French carmaker Renault to develop a new generation of batteries for cars and planes, Reuters and News.ro reported.

Engineering teams from both companies will join forces to develop technologies related to energy storage, one of the main obstacles to the development of long-range electric vehicles, Airbus said in a statement.

According to Renault, the new partnership will be a “complement” to the French automaker’s alliance with Japan’s Nissan, while the two car companies are negotiating the future of their strategic alliance, which will also focus on electric vehicles.

“It complements what Nissan is doing now,” a company executive told Reuters.

The collaboration with Airbus will focus on optimizing energy management and improving battery weight, as well as studying the entire life cycle of future batteries and assessing their carbon footprint.

Renault is accelerating the electrification of its model range

The partnership with Airbus comes after Renault announced earlier this year that it plans to sell only electric cars in Europe by 2030.

Renault group chief Luca de Meo said at the time that preparations in this regard were well under way and that Dacia would go 100% electric, but the positioning would have to be done in such a way that the prices of the cars would drop. does not increase.

“Dacia will follow, and its electrification will be in line with the positioning that requires us not to raise prices,” he declared.

Dacia has an electric Spring model in the range, and another 100% model is not coming soon, but hybrids will follow, starting with the Jogger, in 2023.

Renault, however, will have many 100% electric models: the Mégane, a compact SUV, and modern and electric versions of the Renault 4L and R5.