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* On April 2024, Dongfeng Motor announced that it is weighing opening a plant in Italy with annual production capacity of 100,000 vehicles. However, Dongfeng Motor will focus mostly on hybrids<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-16/china-s-dongfeng-in-talks-with-italy-to-make-cars-to-build-europe-hub</ref>. | * On April 2024, Dongfeng Motor announced that it is weighing opening a plant in Italy with annual production capacity of 100,000 vehicles. However, Dongfeng Motor will focus mostly on hybrids<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-16/china-s-dongfeng-in-talks-with-italy-to-make-cars-to-build-europe-hub</ref>. | ||
* Through a joint venture established with Stellantis, Leapmotor plants to produce at least six EVs at Stellantis's plant in Poland<ref>https://www.fleeteurope.com/en/financial-models/europe/features/stellantis-and-leapmotor-produce-evs-poland?t%5B0%5D=Stellantis&t%5B1%5D=Chinese%20OEMs&curl=1</ref>. | * Through a joint venture established with Stellantis, Leapmotor plants to produce at least six EVs at Stellantis's plant in Poland<ref>https://www.fleeteurope.com/en/financial-models/europe/features/stellantis-and-leapmotor-produce-evs-poland?t%5B0%5D=Stellantis&t%5B1%5D=Chinese%20OEMs&curl=1</ref>. | ||
* On July 2023, MG Motors announced that it was looking for a location to build a plant in Europe. “We need to check energy costs, labor costs … everything to find out which country is best. We need a very detailed calculation,” said William Wang, European head of MG Motor. “I expect it to be more expensive to build local, but when you sell 200,000 cars per year, it’s time,” he pointed out<ref>https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/saic-plans-european-mg-factory-despite-higher-costs</ref>. | |||
=== How will BYD's Europe Plant Operate? === | === How will BYD's Europe Plant Operate? === | ||