The project to build a battery manufacturing plant for electric vehicles by the Chinese giant Gotion high tech in Atlantic Free Zone, the free zone of the city of Kenitra dedicated to the automotive sector, will make Morocco the leader in electric mobility in the Middle East and Africa region.
Due to its political stability, cheap labor and tax incentives, Morocco is attracting more and more European, especially Spanish, investors in the automotive and textile sectors, which are booming in the kingdom.
In Casablanca, car washes have increased the price of their services for various reasons.
The municipality of Aït Melloul in the Souss-Massa region has finally renounced the purchase of 10 cars worth a total of 2 million dirhams. This acquisition had sparked a lively controversy in the city.
Moroccans will pay more for new cars due to the obligation to comply with "Euro 6" standards for homologation and registration. Professionals in the sector are calling on Mohamed Abdeljalil, Minister of Transport and Logistics, and Leila Benali, Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, to postpone their joint decision.
The Moroccan industry, particularly the automotive sector , has experienced a meteoric growth in recent years, propelling the Kingdom to the rank of serious competitors on the international scene. This is what Ryad Mezzour, Minister of Industry and Trade, affirmed during a meeting organized by the Lafqui Titouani Foundation in Salé.
The Italian government remains firm against the Stellantis automotive group which produces the Fiat Topolino, a 100% electric ultra-city vehicle, in the Kenitra plant in Morocco and exports it to Italy.
Thanks to its strategic geographical position with Europe, its wealth of minerals essential for battery production and its renewable energy sources, Morocco seems to have all the assets to become the leader in electric vehicles in Africa and even in Europe.
Morocco continues to consolidate its position as the largest automotive production center in Africa. But will it be able to take up the challenge of competitive electric vehicles against the United States, China and France, which are ahead on this project?
Chinese giants in the automotive battery industry are set to implement two major industrial projects in the Mohammed VI Tanger Tech City. Agreements have been signed to this effect at the Bank Of Africa headquarters in Casablanca.
Elected officials and civil servants of the urban municipality of Casablanca would be parking their vehicles for free in the underground parking lot of Place Mohammed V with a capacity of 170 spaces. A public infrastructure that cost the State 140 million dirhams and whose access is prohibited to the public.
The Spanish police intercepted at the port of Algeciras high-end vehicles stolen in Europe that were about to be transported to Morocco.