The agreement between is about to materialize Stellantis and Leapmotorwhich spawned the joint venture Leapmotor Internationalof which the former PSA-FCA holds 51%, as well as the right to build and sell Leapmotor cars outside of China.
It’s official, operations will start in September 2024with sales in France, ItalyGermany, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Greece and Romania, taking advantage of the Stellantis network, including well-known dealers “Stellantis & You“, and with the support of dedicated Managing Directors. The points of sale will be 200 by the end of the year, and will reach 500 by 2026. After this phase we will also move on to the Middle East and Africa.
The possibility of using it has vanished Mirafiori for production, so as to save the jobs of the plant, once again the factory chosen is the Polish one in Tychy, where several of the Group’s cars are already seeing the light of day. It seems that the dei technique will be used initially semi-assembled kitsand therefore in Europe the minimum operations will be carried out to consider the car of European production.
We will start with two models, of which the most anticipated is probably the Leapmotor T03. Small electric city caronly 3.62 meters long, with a 210 liter boot, offers a 109 HP engine with 158 Nm of torque, powered by the battery with capacity of 41.3 kWh, for a WLTP range of 265 km. But the strong point of the car is the price, in fact in some European markets it is already between 20,000 and 25,000 eurostherefore in direct competition with the cheapest electric cars, and fully within any government incentives.
Together with the smallest of the family, the SUV specially developed by Leapmotor for the European market will also arrive, with the name C10. This is a car with a completely different level of quality and design. It is based on Leap 3.0 platform, with 800 volt architectureLFP drums from 69.9 kWh which ensures an autonomy of 420 km, built with the Cell-To-Chassis method. There is also no lack of security that we are used to in the West, with 5 stars E-NCAP.
As can be seen in the summary published by Stellantis, there will be annual launches to follow, with another 4 models arriving by 2027.
