Present at the Munich show, Leapmotor will say a little more about its European ambitions. Above all, it will present its latest technological advances and a brand new model.
Leapmotor’s first European contact was made with the importation into France of the T03 city car. The presence of the manufacturer at the Munich show denotes a European ambition for the manufacturer, which should also exhibit its C01 sedan (above) or the C11 SUV. But the small Chinese manufacturer intends to show its strengths against its compatriots. Especially since he is in discussions with a European manufacturer to sell him his technology.
He therefore chose the IAA Mobility show in Munich to unveil his latest platform, called LEAP3.0. A platform that should include batteries in Cell-to-Chassis format (the C01 has an intermediate Module-to-Chassis format), latest generation driving aids with Lidar, a centralized electronic architecture (LPEE3.0) allowing full remote updates…
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The development of this platform will be done with the presentation of a brand new model, qualified as global. This also underlines the international ambitions of the brand. It should be a compact C-segment SUV. It will be marketed in China in early 2024 and will arrive in Europe in the second half of the year. So here is a new Chinese rival in sight for the VW ID.4, Skoda Enyaq, Peugeot e-3008, Renault Scénic or Ford Explorer…
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