![]() Polestar, the performance EV joint venture between Volvo and its parent Geely, is already exporting its Polestar 1 and 2 to Europe from China. Production of the Smart in China is expected to begin in 2022. ![]() It already produces the Renault K-ZE, which is closely related to the new Dacia.įurthermore, Daimler is also planning to export its Smart city car from Hangzhou as part of the joint venture it signed with Geely last year. The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance is also planning to export the Dacia Spring electric SUV from China to Europe when it goes into production next year at carmaker’s joint venture plant with Dongfeng Motor in Shiyan – eGT New Energy Automotive. ![]() At the same time BBA expanded its battery factory in Tiexi to supply the fifth-generation BMW eDrive used in the iX3. BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) started production of the model at the end of September. The iX3 is being made alongside the combustion-engine version of the BMW X3 at the joint venture plant BMW has with Brilliance Automotive in Shenyang. Meanwhile, BMW is planning to export its first fully electric SUV, the iX3, from China to Europe. That facility is also expected to make the Model Y at first, with Model 3 production to follow. The carmaker is due to open a plant in Germany next year, at Grünheide, 30km southeast of Berlin. Tesla would not comment on the volumes it expects to ship to Europe or for how long it would be exporting. The factory, which also assembles battery packs, has started with an annual production capacity of 150,000 Model 3 cars but has plans to increase that to 250,000 vehicles a year when it starts making the recently-launched Model Y SUV there next year. The carmaker, which is targeting 10 European countries initially, opened a $2 billion plant in Shanghai in October 2019 to produce the Model 3 saloon. Tesla has said it will start exporting volumes of the Model 3 from China to Europe beginning this month. That has been helped by government policy to encourage EV sales and production, which has led to significant growth in the segment. It is looking at being the world’s number one producer, exporter and user of ‘new energy vehicles’, which includes fully electric, plug-in hybrids and fuel cell versions.
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