Chinese Automaker Chery Buys Nissan Plant in Africa as EV Production Shifts to New Markets
Chery plans to use the former Nissan site to build plug-in hybrids, battery-electric vehicles and Jetour models as Chinese automakers expand local production.
- Chinese automakers are shifting from exporting to building vehicles in Africa, seeking to capture a major growth market while bypassing slowing domestic demand and rising trade barriers in Europe and North America.
- Rapid urbanization and rising incomes are enabling Chinese brands to capture markets historically dominated by European, Japanese, and American giants, as affordability and local alignment drive consumer preference.
- Chery acquired Nissan's former Rosslyn plant near Pretoria, South Africa, in July, while Beijing Automotive Group operates a manufacturing facility in Gqeberha to localize assembly and component distribution.
- Tombo Banda, managing director of CrossBoundary Energy, warns that success requires long-term policy stability, cautioning "without clean, reliable, affordable electricity, forget about operating EVs."
- Strategic investments are likely in South Africa, Morocco, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Ghana, which Hiten Parmar of The Electric Mission identifies as prime markets bolstered by the African Union's Green Minerals Strategy.
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Chinese automaker Chery buys Nissan plant in Africa as EV production shifts to new markets
Chinese automakers are increasingly shifting from exporting vehicles to Africa to assembling them there as they target the continent’s fast growing population, rising middle class and expanding demand for affordable electric vehicles.
Chinese automaker Chery buys Nissan plant as EV production shifts to new markets
Chinese automakers are increasingly shifting from exporting vehicles to Africa to assembling them there as they target the continent’s fast growing population, rising middle class and expanding demand for affordable electric vehicles
Chery Buys Nissan Factory in Africa
The Chinese EV market has gotten gigantic. In June, 685,000 pure-electric vehicles were sold in the country, accounting for approximately 43% of China's auto market. However, 2026 is a down year for the market. As such, Chinese EV companies have been working extra hard to get their cars into other ... [continued] The post Chery Buys Nissan Factory in Africa appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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