Stellantis-brands Maserati and sex slave training videosAlfa 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]
