Stellantis NV, one of the world's largest carmakers, is contemplating a significant expansion in Malaysia by producing its first electric vehicle (EV) here by 2024 as well as introducing more brands, besides the flagship Peugeot and Citroën.

It is learnt that Stellantis - a merger between France's Peugeot SA and Italy-US group Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV - had been doing testing of several models from brands such as Opel, Alfa Romeo and DS here since the past two years.

Read more at:

https://www.nst.com.my/business/corporate/2...xpand-footprint

Do you yearn?

Or do you yawn?

Edit :Updated April 2024:

Leapmotor of China has been announced as being part of Stellantis’ plans for introduction to this market later this year. Its positioning within the group’s brands for the country will be for the affordable EV segment, as one of three brands within Stellantis Malaysia’s plans for the near future

This post has been edited by EnergyAnalyst: May 11 2024, 12:32 AM

https://focusmalaysia.my/beware-of-making-g...al-media-posts/

Sad but true

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...-buy-a-new-car/

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/02/28/how-ir...-electric-cars/

IRONIC

https://www.zigwheels.my/car-news/stellanti...itroen-vehicles



Stellantis Malaysia National Sales Company (aka Stellantis Malaysia) is now set to commence a one-stop call centre for Peugeot, DS, and Citroën vehicles in the country. This move is part of Stellantis' efforts to transition to having Stellantis Malaysia manage vehicle sales, distribution, and customer service. The goal is to provide seamless support to customers during this transition period.

Starting March 1, 2024, the call centre will provide centralised customer support for both sales and after-sales inquiries, along with handling any complaints.

https://edition.cnn.com/stellantis-china-st...Greater%20China.


Stellantis, home to brands such as Jeep and Chrysler, has become the latest global automaker to tie up with a Chinese startup as the electric vehicle (EV) race continues to heat up.

The Dutch group announced Thursday it would acquire a 20% stake in Leapmotor, a Hangzhou-based EV maker, for about €1.5 billion (nearly $1.6 billion).

The two will form a joint venture that will give Stellantis the exclusive rights to produce, export and sell the Chinese brand’s vehicles outside Greater China. The plan is to start by entering the European market.


Stellantis will control the joint venture, with a 51% stake, while Leapmotor will take a 49% share. The new business expects to start shipments in the second half of 2024.

The deal will allow Stellantis to leverage the startup’s “cost-efficient EV ecosystem” for its own fleet goals, which include a pledge to offer more than 75 fully electric models by 2030.

Chinese brands are catching more attention from established automakers because of their ability to produce EVs at rapid speed and lower cost, allowing them to charge consumers less.

The more the merrier?

https://www.wapcar.my/news/-77832


https://www.wapcar.my/news/stellantis-has-s...-warranty-77844

Take note Of the announcement

https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-news/the-e...dolphin-mg4-and

Euro strikes back and no Germans . LOL.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmorris/20...sh=262001767e01

Hope this comes soon

https://www.wapcar.my/news/stellantis-malay...lfa-romeo-77993

Jeep and Alfa Romeo to be relaunched

208 or e208? It will come if all the earlier and recent reports so far are accurate.

https://www.zigwheels.my/car-news/peugeot-t...-408-and-e-5008

But then again, it may push for non EVs because French minds are a bit hard to read.

This post has been edited by EnergyAnalyst: Mar 8 2024, 09:43 AM

https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/704047
Carmaker Stellantis interested in investing in Thailand, PM says

https://www.wapcar.my/news/fancy-a-peugeot-...nversions-78097


Good and smart move.



RMA is not small fry. They have been converting Ford pick ups too...

https://www.drive.com.au/news/2023-ford-f-1...n-to-australia/



This is also somewhat following Toyota footsteps, giving much needed versatility to buyers

https://www.carsifu.my/news/toyota-launches...land-from-rm61k

This post has been edited by EnergyAnalyst: Mar 12 2024, 09:24 AM

Please build it here too.


https://insideevs.com/news/694123/stellanti...ture-cheap-evs/


https://www.italpassion.fr/en/stellantis/st...cars-in-europe/

T03 is cute.

https://autobuzz.my/2024/04/03/stellantis-t...lanned-for-ckd/




This post has been edited by EnergyAnalyst: Apr 4 2024, 12:07 PM

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202403/05/W...fc043bab7d.html

Chinese NEV startup Leapmotor said it plans to export its vehicles from the third quarter, with target sales of 6,000-10,000 units overseas this year.

Its vehicles will be available in Europe, South America, the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East and Africa.

The company reached an agreement with Italian automaker Stellantis in October to set up a joint venture that has exclusive rights for the export and sale, as well as manufacturing, of Leapmotor vehicles outside China.

Zhu Jiangming, founder and CEO of Leapmotor, said that the collaboration is progressing and it has established an international team in the past few months.

The company will adopt the same marketing approach in overseas markets as in China, with comprehensive service systems that include financial and insurance services. Although the initial setup of the sales network may take some time, Zhu said that once completed, it will grow quickly.

Moreover, given the collaborative background with Stellantis, Leapmotor can "rapidly acquire more and higher-quality channel resources, including distribution systems for components, service networks and the market", Zhu said. "We will be steps ahead, improving efficiency and costs in various aspects," he added.

Leapmotor plans to set up more than 200 sales outlets overseas this year.

The first export model will be the C10 SUV, which officially launched in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Saturday.

The model has seven pure electric and range-extended versions at starting prices from 128,800 yuan ($17,890). The model has secured more than 45,000 orders since presales in mid-January.

As Leapmotor's first global model built upon the Leap 3.0 technical architecture, the C10 features the Qualcomm 8295 chip, among other things.

It integrates the cockpit and driving functions of an audio digital signal processor, parking assistance and a 360-degree surround view, a first in the industry. The model also incorporates components such as laser radar and the Nvidia Orin-X chip.

The company also launched upgraded versions of its C11 SUV, C01 sedan and T03 small EV on Saturday.

The big read on leapmotor

https://carnewschina.com/2021/11/14/the-big...y-of-leapmotor/

It is a Nov 2021 article and to put it in an intended pun, since then the rest is history (in making I would add)