Stellantis-brands Maserati and Alfa Romeo are among the many potential companions to China’s Chery Auto with the intention to purchase superior Chinese language electrical automobile platform expertise for his or her upcoming battery automobiles, an individual with data of the matter instructed Nationwide Enterprise Each day, with out revealing additional particulars. The information comes a day after Chery’s chairman Yin Tongyue revealed throughout a livestream occasion on April 14 that the agency was in ongoing negotiations with two European premium automotive manufacturers for licensing its EV platform, with one in every of them edging near a deal. Yin additionally confirmed that the state-owned automaker has acquired a manufacturing facility in Spain hoping to develop into “a company citizen” in Europe. The Spanish authorities instructed Reuters final week that it was assured about reaching a deal within the coming days, which might enable Chery to provide autos at a former Nissan plant in Barcelona. Wuhu-headquarted Chery is already a producing companion of Jaguar Land Rover in China. [National Business Daily, in Chinese]
