At the 2023 Monaco Motor Show, Leapmotor was also present, a Chinese car manufacturer which in addition to showing its new SUV C10, expressly designed for the global market, also brought the new Leap 3.0 platform which it intends to offer to other manufacturers.
In fact, in the past, Zhu Jiangming strong>, CEO of Leapmotor, said that his company did not want to be just a car manufacturer but also a supplier of technologies for electric vehicles.
INVESTMENT IN LEAPMOTOR
There has been talk of Stellantis' interest in Leapmotor technology for some time. Apparently, according to a report by CarNewsChina, the automotive group is about to invest in this company Chinese. Investment that would allow you to get your hands on the new Leap 3.0 platform which allows not only the creation of electric vehicles but also cars equipped with range extenders.
Stellantis' goal, according to the report, would be to exploit Leapmotor's technology to have a greater presence in the Chinese market after the failure of the joint venture with GAC. Moreover, in recent times we have seen several European car manufacturers enter into agreements with Chinese brands to exploit their technologies with the aim of launching specific models for the Chinese car market.
In this regard, we do not we can fail to mention the Volkswagen Group's agreements with XPENG and SAIC. And while talking about Volkswagen, it seems that the German brand is in turn in negotiations with Leapmotor to exploit its platform to be used for Jetta brand models to be launched only in China.
< p>Obviously, like all relationships, this too must be taken with due caution. Lepamotor and Stellantis did not want to comment on the rumors that emerged. At this point, it is not possible to do nothing but wait for more information or even official confirmation to arrive of the agreement.
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