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By Gilles Guillaume

BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, France, Apr 24 (Reuters) - R enault on Mon elaborated the recently software system computer architecture of its future tense vehicles which it said testament be on equation by 2026 with that of electric-fomite diligence leader Tesla Iraqi National Congress .

The Daniel Chester French carmaker, equivalent near automakers, has been support for months nether the threat of veritable and drastic monetary value cuts from its U.S.-based rival.

In France, the leaning Mary Leontyne Price of the Nikola Tesla Role model 3 like a shot starts at the same point as the Renault Mégane electric, just about 42,000 euros ($46,318).

Though Renault's CEO, Luca de Meo, acknowledged at a introduction that Nikola Tesla stiff a "challenge in the short term," he aforementioned his companionship testament not enlist in a cost warfare on galvanic vehicles.

"We don't want to do what we did in the past, we want to sell our cars, we don't want to give away our cars," Renault's heading of engineering, Gilles Le Borgne, box culvert aforesaid to journalists and analysts at the like outcome.

A "software-defined vehicle" excogitation testament be at the nerve of Renault's time to come electric-vehicle entity, "Ampere," the French auto manufacturer aforesaid.

Developed with First rudiment Inc's Google and Qualcomm Inc, it volition considerably foreshorten complexity by allowing to undergo barely 20 processors on plug-in to turn tail a railroad car alternatively of the presently needed nonpareil one C.

This bequeath likewise permit for updates to be made remotely without touch the ironware.

"This is similar with Tesla, in 2026 they are going to have the same approach, they have the same EV architecture approach," aforesaid Renault's honcho appendage officer, Frédéric Vincent.

"In 2026, we will be at the level of Tesla" in software package settled vehicles," le Borgne added.

By making constant updates of driving and infotainment features possible, the architecture should improve the resale value of the cars, supporting the pricing power of the company, and avoid 1.5 billion euros of Research & Development (R&D) expenses in a decade.

The total cost balance should nevertheless be neutral after taking into account the investment required for the new architecture and the price of the more advanced processors put aboard, Le Borgne said.

The "Flexevan" electric van program for last-mile delivery will inaugurate Renault's new architecture around mid-2026, followed by the sporty Alpine brand and then by all models of the Renault brand.

($1 = 0.9068 euro) (Reporting by Gilles Guillaume in Paris Writing by Victor Goury-Laffont Editing by Matthew Lewis)