Stellantis’ Chinese allies in Mirafiori. A few words in English are enough to send a shiver down the backs of those who follow (from inside or outside) the events of the historic Fiat factory: “The cars would be built in the historic Fiat plant in Mirafiori in Turin and sold by Stellantis’s European dealers “.
Indiscretions from across the border
The journalists of Automotive News wrote them, starting from some statements made by the CEO of Stellantis, Carlos Tavares in recent days. And it was immediately picked up by Italian newspapers, not just local ones. In fact, Tavares said that the possibility that Leapmotor (the eastern ally of the Group born from the merger between FCA and PSA, in fact) could come to produce in Italy “if the appropriate business conditions were there” could not be ruled out. And the deductions immediately led us to think that it could be Mirafiori (even if Stellantis confirmed the CEO’s words, but not the reference to the Turin factory). The alliance with the Chinese is the result of the purchase by Stellantis of 21% of the shares, with the creation of a joint venture.
Building 150 thousand low-cost electric vehiclesLeapmotor is capable of building electric vehicles, precisely the direction taken by Stellantis and Mirafiori itself (which already builds the 500BEVs, which were on the rise before the current block due to the stop to incentives). Also according to Automotive News, the Chinese company could build 150,000 low-cost electric vehicles per year in the historic Turin plant, which would then be placed on the four-wheel market through the Stellantis dealer chain at European level.