Leapmotor Worldwide shipped the primary electrical automobiles from the Shanghai port. It sources the T03 and C10 from the Leapmotor manufacturing facility in Jinhua (Zhejiang Province), practically 400 km southwest of the Shanghai port. Based on an announcement from the Jinhua municipal authorities, this manufacturing facility has an annual manufacturing capability of 120,000 automobiles.
“The cargo of Leapmotor C10 and T03 automobiles to Europe this month is a landmark second within the partnership between Stellantis and Leapmotor,” mentioned Carlos Tavares, the CEO of Stellantis. Zhu Jiangming, the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Leapmotor is relying on the primary EVs to put a powerful basis within the worldwide markets. “For the reason that very starting, the C10 and T03 fashions are designed to fulfill the excessive requirements of worldwide clients and we’re assured that the collaboration between Stellantis and Leapmotor will drive vital progress for each firms” he mentioned.
Leapmotor Worldwide didn’t disclose the amount of the primary batch. Nonetheless, simply final week, throughout Stellantis’ H1 2024 earnings convention name, Tavares mentioned the primary cargo consists of 800 automobiles. One of many photos of the occasion Leapmotor shared on its Weibo web page exhibits 250 of these automobiles parked beside the Viking Queen, the designated car provider.
Starting in September, Leapmotor Worldwide will promote the T03 and C10 in 9 European international locations. By 2026, the corporate goals to ascertain 500 gross sales factors within the area and can use Stellantis’ native distribution community to realize that purpose.
Beforehand, stories mentioned Leapmotor Worldwide will supply the T03 for European markets from Stellantis’ manufacturing facility in Tychy, Poland. In actual fact, Tavares mentioned throughout Stellantis’ H1 2024 earnings convention name that the three way partnership firm has already selected a number of car meeting vegetation in Europe to avoid tariffs.
Leapmotor Worldwide plans to launch at the least one mannequin every year between 2025 and 2027. On the finish of 2024, the corporate will foray into the Center East and Africa, Asia-Pacific, and South America. Based on a earlier announcement, it initially eyes Turkey, Israel, and French Abroad within the Center East and Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, and Malaysia within the Asia-Pacific, and Brazil and Chile in South America. It’s reportedly contemplating launching automobiles in South Korea as effectively.
weibo.com (in Chinese language), stellantis.com (cargo), yahoo.com (earnings name)