Stellantis and China’s Dongfeng announce a Europe-based joint venture aimed at producing electric vehicles for the European market. Multiple outlets report that the companies sign a memorandum and plan to share manufacturing, sales, and engineering activities under the arrangement. France 24 says Stellantis will hold a controlling 51% stake, while Dongfeng brings its vehicle models and development. The agreement includes assembling Dongfeng’s Voyah electric vehicles at Stellantis’s plant in Rennes, in western France, with the goal of meeting European requirements on local production. The report cites the EU’s “Made in Europe” rules, which require a high level of locally sourced EV content to qualify for benefits, noting an example threshold of 70% of EV content made locally. The outlets do not provide further details on the timeline for operations or the full scope of sales plans, but they describe the project as a manufacturing and commercial partnership structured around European production.