Stellantis to build small electric vehicles with Leapmotor (updated)

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PARIS, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Stellantis STLAM.MI plans to build small electric vehicles in Pomigliano, Italy, based on the e-car platform being developed together with Leapmotor 9863.HK in Mirafiori, the company's chief technology officer Ned Curic said on Monday.
Speaking at the Paris auto show, Curic said its e-car programme had kicked off, with Stellantis staff working with Leapmotor colleagues at the group's Mirafiori complex in Turin, Italy
"We have joint locations in Mirafiori, where our engineers and their engineers sit and we teach them what it takes to build a European city car platform, while we are also learning from them how to go and build fast," he said
While Stellantis has deep expertise in producing small cars, it is learning from Leapmotor how to build them in just two years, he added
With a price tag of around €15,000 ($16,770), e-carsare a new category of low-cost EVs aimed at reviving Europe's shrinking entry-level car market. 
Stellantis is planning at least two e-car models, expected to hit the market in 2028, to be made in its Pomigliano, Italy plant.
They include the Citroen 2CV, a concept of which was unveiled on Monday
     
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(Reporting by Gilles Guillaume, Inti Landauro and Giulio Piovaccari, Editing by Charlotte Van Campenhout and Dominique Patton)
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