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Stellantis holds a 20% stake in Leapmotor International.
Production of the Leapmotor B10 at the Stellantis plant in Zaragoza, Spain, has already started and the cars will be available from January. Danilo Annese, newly appointed CEO of Leapmotor International, said this in a meeting at the Paris Motor Show.
Annese confirmed that the B10 represents only the first step of the European industrial strategy. "We are not limited to the production of the B10, it makes no sense to make a product only in Europe", he underlined, recalling that Stellantis has 20% of Leapmotor International.
The manager specified that further Leapmotor brand models will be localized, while discussions continue with Stellantis on available production capacity. Among the hypotheses under study is Madrid, but Annese does not exclude other establishments, even outside Spain.
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Availability of Leapmotor B10 cars on the market starting from January.
Very likely · Within months

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