Leapmotor C10

Building a brand is like growing a tree—strong and valuable ones require more than a decade of patience to grow. In the automotive world, brand equity is a powerful currency that buys trust. For newcomers like Leapmotor, the challenge is huge: how does the little-known brand earn trust in a market saturated by so many “me-too” Chinese electric vehicle brands. Few know that Leapmotor is one of the most successful electric vehicle start-ups in China (BYD is not considered a start-up), often compar

Stellantis’ Leapmotor has added a hybrid variant of the export-market Leapmotor C10, which was previously only available as a battery EV (BEV). The new hybrid variant is a REEV (Range Extender Electric Vehicle), also known in China as EREV (Extended Range Electric Vehicle), and it comes with a 1.5-litre petrol engine. The Leapmotor C10 REEV will make its European debut at the Brussels Motor Show in January. The REEV variant is essentially a plug-in hybrid that operates primarily as an electric v

Leapmotor announced its projected annual sales for 2024 to reach nearly 300,000 units, exceeding its initial target of 250,000 cars. The announcement was made by Zhu Jiangming, founder, chairman, and CEO, on 24-December 2024, as reported by Chinese media. The company reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2024 on 11-November. The carmaker posted revenue of RMB 9.86 billion (~MYR 6 billion), marking an 83.9% increase from the previous quarter and a 74.3% rise year-on-year. Q3 res

Euro NCAP has announced the Leapmotor C10 battery electric vehicle (BEV) SUV has received a full 5-star rating in its safety assessment test. In the Adult Occupant test, the C10 received a score of 89%. Euro NCAP remarked that its passenger compartment remained stable in the front offset test while dummy readings indicated good protection of the knees and femurs for the driver and passenger. Full points were also scored in both the side barrier test and the more severe side pole impact, with goo

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares fired shots at his European peers at VW, Renault, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz for urging the European Union to delay, review, or modify the 2025 exhaust emission targets given to car manufacturers. Tavares, a protege of ex-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, criticised his rivals for wanting to change the rules of the battery EV (BEV) game right before the start of the game, adding that the rules were made clear to everyone since 2019. He also warned time wasted to slowdown the ent

This is it, the Leapmotor C10 has launched in Malaysia. This battery electric (BEV), D-segment SUV keeps things simple with just one variant offered – the top-of-the-line Design – and it is has a special introductory price of RM 149,000, valid for bookings made till 30-November 2024. After that, it will be priced at RM 159,000. In its category, its competition are the Xpeng G6 and Tesla Model Y, priced from RM 165,820 and RM 191,000 respectively. Specifications and features The most important fa