Leapmotor’s B10 electric SUV is now being built in Europe. The Chinese company announced at the Paris Motor Show on 12 October that B10 production had started at Stellantis’ plant in Zaragoza, Spain, and the two companies marked the start officially at the factory on 16 October.
The plant and the partnership
Zaragoza already builds the Opel Corsa, Peugeot 208 and Lancia Ypsilon. Stellantis says it chose the site for its quality, spare capacity and industrial experience. The ceremony was attended by a delegation led by Jorge Azcón, President of the Government of Aragon, and Jordi García Brustenga, Spain’s Secretary of State for Industry.
Leapmotor founder and president Jiangming Zhu said: “Our roots are in China and our ambition is global.” He described Europe as a strategic part of that plan.
The B10 is sold outside China through Leapmotor International, a joint venture formed in May 2024 in which Stellantis holds 51%. It has exclusive rights to sell and build Leapmotor products outside Greater China. Stellantis paid €1.5 billion (about £1.3 billion at 7 Nov 2026 rates) for around 20% of Leapmotor in October 2023, making it the Chinese company’s largest outside shareholder, according to CnEVPost.
This is Leapmotor’s second attempt at building cars in Europe. The small T03 was assembled at a Stellantis plant in Poland from 2024, but Stellantis ended that project on 30 March 2025. In May 2026 the partners announced a wider deal that includes a new Zaragoza production line for an Opel electric SUV due in 2028, and the transfer of Stellantis’ Villaverde plant in Madrid to Leapmotor International’s Spanish subsidiary, CnEVPost reports.
Chinese media had reported in August 2025 that B10 production in Zaragoza would begin in the third quarter of 2026, so the start is slightly later than that schedule.
What was not announced
The Stellantis release gives no figures for investment, jobs or production volumes, and does not say which markets the Spanish-built cars will supply. It describes the B10 as built in Europe but gives no figure for how much of the car’s content is European. The Stellantis release does not mention tariffs. The EU applies anti-subsidy duties to battery-electric cars imported from China; building the car in Spain means it is not an import from China.
The wider picture
The B10 went on sale in China in April 2025 and made its European debut in September 2025. An updated version launched in China in July 2026 from CNY 99,800 (about £10,700 at 7 Nov 2026 rates), although Chinese prices are not a guide to UK prices.
Leapmotor is growing fast at home. It delivered a record 105,656 cars in September 2026 and 666,539 in the first nine months of the year, already more than its total for 2025. It is aiming for 1 million deliveries in 2026. At Paris it also gave the European debut of the A05 hatchback, sold internationally as the B03, with no European launch date or price yet.
What it means for UK buyers
Autocar reported last year that the B10 would arrive in the UK that November, priced from just under £30,000, and that Leapmotor’s UK cars are built in China. Neither Stellantis nor Leapmotor has said whether right-hand-drive B10s will be built in Zaragoza, or whether UK supply will switch from China to Spain.
For now, buyers should not expect any change to the B10 they can order. Where a car is built can matter, for example to import costs if the UK’s tariff policy on Chinese-built cars changes, which ministers are reported to be considering. We will report any confirmation of UK supply from Spain from Leapmotor UK.
