Autos · Brazil

Key Facts

—The method. Leapmotor straps cars onto open steel flat-rack frames lifted by cranes, instead of driving them aboard Ro-Ro car carriers.

—The debut. The first run at Sepetiba Tecon in Itaguaí (RJ) landed 700-plus cars on about 270 flat racks; over 1,800 have arrived since.

—The backer. Leapmotor is a Stellantis-led joint venture (NYSE: STLA), the only Chinese brand in Brazil using a global carmaker’s logistics chain.