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Following the theme of the week — Chinese EV producers expanding rapidly around the world — we have another story of a Chinese EV company opening up bigger pathways abroad. Stellantis and Leapmotor have had a partnership helping each other, and that’s expanding.
Part of this is about expanding Stellantis’ EV lineup. But part of it is also about opening up bigger avenues into Europe for Leapmotor.
“Increasing production at Stellantis’ Zaragoza plant, Opel’s historical manufacturing site, where an all-new electric battery powered Opel C-SUV would be added on a new line alongside Leapmotor’s C-SUV B10 model,” is one part of the expansion, Stellantis writes, as is “Expanding LPMI’s joint purchasing initiatives to increase Stellantis’ European BEV affordability and accelerate time-to-market for new models.” Yup, that’s mostly about Stellantis so far. Now, on to what Leapmotor is getting out of this in its march across the world to sell more and more EVs:
“Reinforcing the future of Stellantis’ Villaverde, Madrid plant, by allocating Leapmotor future products for European and global markets, with several nameplates manufactured in line with Made-in-Europe requirements, and with the intention to transfer the plant’s ownership to LPMI’s Spanish subsidiary.”
