Egypt wants to produce CKD 25,000 electric cars per year

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Egypt wants to produce CKD 25,000 electric cars per year
- Egypt is a CKD assembly country (low local integration rate assembly) and not a production country. The Egyptian government, faced with a drop in local automobile production in CKD since 2010, has decided to relaunch this production on new bases, namely the assembly in CKD of electric cars whose sales are increasing sharply all over the world. CKD automobile production in Egypt fell from nearly 76,000 passenger cars in 2010 to 53,000 in 2011, 37,000 in 2012 and 14,000 in 2013, before rising and stabilizing at 20,000 units per year. This drop in Egyptian car production is directly linked to the "Arab Spring" of 2011 and its aftermath.

- Since 2019, the new Egyptian regime had been seeking to establish an agreement with a foreign manufacturer to be able to revive local car production. After several years of negotiations, the government signed an agreement with the Chinese Dongfeng to locally assemble the Nasr E70 which is actually a Dongfeng Fengshen E70, a 100% electric medium sedan launched in China in 2018 equipped with a 150 hp engine and a 61 kWh battery, which has sold more than 80,000 units so far, including 15,000 in 2020, 30,000 in 2021 and 20,000 in the first half of 2022.

- The Egyptian government plans to produce 25,000 Nasr E70s per year for a full year, then 50,000 eventually, with the Egyptian plant to start production in CKD in July 2022. El Nasr Automotive Company is a subsidiary of the Metallurgical Industries Company dependent directly from the Egyptian Ministry of Public Enterprises. The program aims in particular to replace 11,000 old taxis with 11,000 Nasr E70s converted into taxis.


 
    
 

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Mercedes interested in producing CKD electric cars in Egypt

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Mercedes interested in producing CKD electric cars in Egypt

- Mercedes expressed interest in producing electric cars in CKD in Egypt, saying that this country constitutes a promising market in the region, due to a large population, the emergence of a middle class, a rate motorization which is still very low (100 vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants) and the age of the local car fleet.


- Mercedes is today one of the major producers of electric vehicles in Europe, offering a wide range of models equipped with this type of engine, such as the EQA (segment C), EQB (segment C), EQC (segment D), EQE (E-segment), EQV (E-segment), EQS (F-segment), as well as the e-Citan, e-Vito and e-Sprinter, not to mention the new Smarts which will be launched in a few weeks and replace the old EQs Fortwo and EQ Forfour.


- Mercedes wants to establish itself in Egypt but it is not yet known which model the German manufacturer wants to produce there. The EQ range seems ill-suited to production intended for Egypt and emerging countries close to Egypt, due to very high prices for local consumers.


- There are therefore several possible scenarios: either produce a brand new 100% electric entry-level model, but nothing like this is planned today at Mercedes, or produce the future Smart in Egypt in addition to China, but it would require Geely's agreement, or produce existing models and try to export them in the region (to Israel in particular). None of these scenarios is preferred today.



 
    
 

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Inovev plans 200,000 units per year of the new Lexus RX SUV

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Inovev plans 200,000 units per year of the new Lexus RX SUV
- Lexus, a luxury subsidiary of the Toyota group, presented the new generation of its E-segment SUV, the RX, the previous one of which dated back to 2015. This hybrid-powered SUV is produced equally at two different sites, Miyawaka in Japan and that of Cambridge in Canada, quickly imposed itself on the world market as one of the references in the field of Premium SUV. It is especially in North America that the Lexus RX has its best sales scores (125,000 sales in 2021, including 115,000 in the United States and 10,000 in Canada), this region representing more than half of its global sales. Last year, 210,000 Lexus RXs were sold worldwide.

- This competitor of the BMW X5/X6, Mercedes GLE/GLE coupé, Audi Q7/Q8 and Volvo XC90 must now face its own internal competition, the new 100% electric Lexus RZ which risks taking part of its clientele.

- This is the reason why Inovev thinks that the sales levels reached by the Lexus RX in the years 2017 and 2018 (a volume of slightly more than 250,000 copies per year) will never again be reached and that we must instead count on 200,000 units per year of the new generation, which is still a high figure for a vehicle of this price.

- The new Lexus RX is no longer than the previous one (4.89 m) and it is even 1 cm lower. On the other hand, it widens by 2.5 cm.

- Its wheelbase is extended by 6 cm. To reduce its carbon footprint, its hybrid and plug-in hybrid engines abandon the 3.5-litre six-cylinder and opt for an equally powerful 2.5-litre four-cylinder.


 
    
 

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Inovev plans 250,000 units per year of the new BMW X1 SUV

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Inovev plans 250,000 units per year of the new BMW X1 SUV
- BMW has presented the third generation (code U11) of its most popular SUV in the world, namely the C-segment X1 which shares its UKL platform with the recent Active Tourer (C-segment) and the Mini Countryman (B-segment). Last year, the older generation of the X1 was produced in 250,000 units worldwide, including 100,000 units in Germany, 100,000 units in China and 50,000 in the Netherlands, its two main markets being Europe and China.

- This volume of 250,000 units in 2021 is lower than that of 2017, 2018 and 2019 which was around 275,000 units per year, but Inovev does not believe in a return to these very high levels, due to a slowdown in the market. worldwide due to increasingly high prices and the decline in sales of thermal engine versions. The new BMW X1 is also offered in a 100% electric version called iX1 and equipped with a 62.5 kWh battery, which completes the already known range of i3, i4, i7, iX3 and iX.

- The thermal engines are the 3-cylinder 1.5-litre petrol engine with 136 hp and the 4-cylinder 2.0-litre diesel engine with 150 hp.

- The only room for improvement of the X1 would be due to a transfer of certain sales of X3, which is not certain, even if the new X1 lengthens by 5 cm, its length passing to 4.50 m, widens 2 cm (to 1.84 m) and rises 4 cm (1.64 m).

- This competitor of the Mercedes GLB, Audi Q3, Volvo XC40, Range Rover Evoque, Lexus UX, Jaguar E-Pace and DS7 Crossback will be produced in the three factories where it is currently produced: Regensburg (Germany), Born (Netherlands) and Shenyang (China) at the rate of 250,000 units per year according to Inovev. With the launch of the X1, interest in the BMW Active Tourer is likely to be greatly reduced.


 
    
 

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Inovev plans 350,000 units per year of the new Mercedes GLC SUV

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Inovev plans 350,000 units per year of the new Mercedes GLC SUV
- The Mercedes GLC D-segment SUV (it shares its platform with the Mercedes C-Class) was a resounding success when it was released in 2015, since it very quickly reached a sales volume of 400,000 units in 2018 then 425,000 in 2019. and again 400,000 in 2020, in the midst of the Covid crisis. In 2021, its sales volume again reached a high rate of 350,000 units, and despite this good result, Mercedes did not hesitate to announce its replacement which materializes today.

- Its two big markets are Europe and China, where the GLC was produced in 2021 at 200,000 copies and 150,000 copies respectively. The GLC is also the brand's best-selling model in China and the brand's second best-selling model in Europe behind the A-Class. The new generation of the Mercedes GLC, which extends by 6 cm to reach 4.71 m takes over the MRA2 platform with propulsion from the C-Class, E-Class and S-Class.

- Its engines are taken from the previous generation (4-cylinder petrol engine with 204 hp or 258 hp and 2-litre diesel with 197 hp) but they are equipped with 48V light hybridization and therefore become mild-hybrids (MHEV-Mild). Plug-in hybrids complete the range, both petrol (381 hp) and diesel (335 hp), while sales of plug-in hybrids tend to stabilize in Europe. This competitor of the BMW X3/X4, Audi Q5, Volvo XC60, Lexus NX and Jaguar F-Pace will find it difficult to regain its highest levels due to a global market which is expected to shrink. Inovev expects 350,000 sales per year of the new Mercedes GLC. Production will be carried out in Bremen (Germany), Uusikaupunki (Finland) and Baoding (China).


 
    
 

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