China’s carmaker Changan has confirmed its intention to build its own plant for electric passenger cars in Europe. They plan a European factory to support their future sales in the region and are searching possible locations for the plant.
Ford China partner Changan announced in March that it plans to enter 10 markets across Europe this year with electric vehicle models.
In 2024, Changan was the world's No. 16 automaker with sales of just over 2.2 million vehicles.
Changan joins a number of other Chinese automakers that have already launched sales in Europe, including BYD and Chery.
"We're committed to being in Europe, making in Europe for Europe," said Nic Thomas, Changan's European head of marketing, sales and service, during a test drive of the automaker's electric Deepal S07 SUV at an event outside London. "We're working on local manufacturing solutions here."
Thomas said he could not discuss timing for a European assembly plant but said "we already believe we're going to hit the (sales) volume, so we're already in the planning stages."
Source: reuters.com