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Wed, May 20, 2026 astatine 6:08 AM CDT 2 min read
Stellantis is acceptable to manufacture electrical vehicles (EVs) nether China's Dongfeng luxury Voyah marque astatine its Rennes mill successful France, arsenic portion of a broader European associated task betwixt the 2 carmakers.
Analysts accidental it points to some European OEMs' manufacturing overcapacity and the bold planetary enlargement strategies from Chinese OEMs that see greater localisation of manufacturing. Inside the EU that volition besides assistance Chinese OEMs to debar import tariffs that use to Chinese shipments of finished vehicles.
Stellantis is besides moving intimately with China's Leapmotor.
Stellantis precocious announced that it volition deepen its narration with Chinese spouse Leapmotor to produce an Opel branded C-segment SUV.
Stellantis and Dongfeng person present signed a non-binding memorandum of knowing (MoU) to found a caller Europe-based associated task for the merchantability and section accumulation of Dongfeng EVs.
Under the projected structure, Stellantis would clasp a 51% controlling stake, with Dongfeng retaining the remaining 49% successful the JV.
The task would negociate income and organisation of Voyah-branded electrical models crossed selected European markets, drafting connected Stellantis' existing retail and after-sales web connected the continent.
The concern would besides screen associated purchasing and engineering activities, utilising Dongfeng's established proviso concatenation successful China.
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa said: “The plans we are announcing contiguous instrumentality our precocious strengthened practice with Dongfeng to an all-new magnitude of an planetary concern to the payment of customers astir the world.
“With this caller section successful our collaboration, we volition springiness our customers an adjacent greater prime of competitory products and pricing, leveraging the champion of Stellantis’ planetary footprint alongside Dongfeng’s entree to China’s precocious caller vigor vehicles ecosystem.”
The statement follows a abstracted announcement earlier this period confirming an enlargement of the 2 companies' existing China-based Dongfeng Peugeot Citroën Automobile (DPCA) associated venture.
That woody volition spot Peugeot and Jeep-branded EVs produced astatine DPCA's Wuhan works for some the Chinese home marketplace and planetary export, with accumulation scheduled to statesman successful 2027.
The DPCA concern has manufactured much than 6.5 cardinal Peugeot and Citroën vehicles successful China since its formation.
The projected European task remains taxable to the finalisation of binding implementation agreements, including alignment connected economical and operational terms, arsenic good arsenic the requisite regulatory clearances.
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