Stellantis-brands Maserati and Alfa Romeo are among the potential partners to China’s Chery Auto in order to acquire advanced Chinese electric vehicle platform technology for their upcoming battery cars, a person with knowledge of the matter told National Business Daily, without revealing further details. The news comes a day after Chery’s chairman Yin Tongyue revealed during a livestream event on April 14 that the firm was in ongoing negotiations with two European premium car brands for licensing its EV platform, with one of them edging close to a deal. Yin also confirmed that the state-owned automaker has acquired a production facility in Spain hoping to become “a corporate citizen” in Europe. The Spanish government told Reuters last week that it was confident about reaching a deal in the coming days, which would allow Chery to produce vehicles at a former Nissan plant in Barcelona. Wuhu-headquarted Chery is already a manufacturing partner of Jaguar Land Rover in China. [National Business Daily, in Chinese]
