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Stellantis and China’s Leapmotor are deepening a strategic partnership that aims to reshape European EV manufacturing by leveraging Chinese supply chains and Stellantis’ factory footprint. The deal includes Stellantis’ equity in Leapmotor and a joint venture to add production lines at Figueruelas (and potentially Villaverde) to build Leapmotor B10‑based models and a new Opel C‑segment BEV, targeting volume from around 2028. Opel will contribute design and integration work while Leapmotor supplies platforms and cells, enabling lower retail prices. Early moves — including competitive German leasing offers and factory capacity sharing for South America — underscore a push to scale affordable EVs globally.
Stellantis expanding production and technology ties with Leapmotor signals faster, lower-cost EV rollouts in Europe and new China-sourced supply chains. Tech professionals should track platform integration, procurement changes, and local manufacturing upgrades that affect software, battery, and manufacturing stacks.
Dossier last updated: 2026-05-11 13:43:10
Leapmotor (零跑汽车) said at its Q1 2026 results meeting that plans to use Stellantis Group’s Brazil factory capacity to localize products for the South American market are moving forward. The company also confirmed that Opel (part of Stellantis) will co-produce the Leapmotor B10 at its Spain Figueruelas plant, with Opel models planned to launch in 2027–2028 and expected to affect Leapmotor’s revenue. Stellantis and Leapmotor recently expanded their strategic partnership to evaluate new lines in Zaragoza/Figueruelas to build a new Opel C-segment BEV—using competitively priced parts supplied by Leapmotor—to lower European retail prices and support Stellantis’ EV strategy, with volume production targeted around 2028.
Six investors including Europe-headquartered Stellantis have completed a restructuring of China’s Shenlong (Shenlong/DPCA) with total new investment exceeding ¥8 billion RMB, focused on new-energy vehicles (NEVs). Announced May 15, the deal signals China’s auto sector shifting from relying on foreign imports to exporting influence, reflecting a mature domestic NEV supply chain that attracts global capital. The investment aims to deepen China-Europe cooperation in electrification, bolster Shenlong’s EV development and production capabilities, and highlights international automakers’ continued strategic engagement in China’s green-vehicle market. The move matters for global EV supply chains, cross-border auto investment flows, and competition in the NEV industry.
Stellantis首席执行官表示，合作伙伴关系将成为未来战略的一部分
合作伙伴关系是Stellantis-DG未来战略的核心
Stellantis与Leapmotor的交易或将重塑欧洲汽车制造业格局
Leapmotor launched a T03 leasing plan in Germany priced from €49/month, leveraging German EV subsidies and support from Stellantis to undercut rivals. The offer, reported May 7 by Bloomberg and summarized by IT Home, is about half the monthly cost of comparable models like the Fiat 500e (around €99/month) and is partly possible because Stellantis provides established sales and distribution channels. Despite the low price, the T03 includes features often optional on competitors—panoramic sunroof, rearview camera and six airbags. German registration data show Leapmotor’s April sales jumped 358% year-over-year, with 4,523 deliveries in January–April, highlighting strong early traction in Europe fueled by subsidies and partner collaboration.
Stellantis is deepening its partnership with Chinese EV maker Leapmotor (零跑汽车) by having Opel develop a new, affordable compact electric SUV using Leapmotor’s B10 architecture and battery tech, targeted for launch in 2028. The unnamed model will be penned by Opel’s Rüsselsheim design team, built in Stellantis’s Figueruelas plant in Spain, and reuse core components from the Leapmotor B10 to cut costs and speed development. Opel will focus on design, chassis, lighting and seat tech while Leapmotor supplies the EV platform and cells. Concurrently, Stellantis will cut 650 engineering jobs at Opel’s Rüsselsheim HQ as the site shifts toward AI, software, ADAS, battery tech and digital lighting.
Stellantis has expanded its strategic partnership with Chinese EV maker Leapmotor (零跑汽车), deepening cooperation after acquiring ~21% of Leapmotor and forming the Leapmotor International JV (Stellantis 51%). The two will boost capacity at Stellantis’ Figueruelas, Spain plant with new lines to build an Opel C‑segment BEV (potentially starting volume production by 2028) and may produce Leapmotor’s B10 SUV there as early as 2026. They’ll also pursue joint procurement to leverage China’s EV supply chain for cost and speed advantages and plan to place a new Leapmotor model into the Villaverde, Madrid plant (targeting H1 2028), with talks to transfer that plant to the JV. The move aims to cut costs, increase European EV affordability and scale Leapmotor’s global footprint.