Stellantis has inaugurated a €1.2bn expansion at its Kenitra complex in Morocco, more than doubling capacity to around 535,000 vehicles per year “in the coming months”.
The programme increases output of micro-EVs such as the Citroën Ami, Opel Rocks-e and Fiat Topolino from about 20,000 to 70,000 units annually, adds hybrid engine capability and readies additional models from 2026.
Policymakers and Stellantis executives say the project also targets a 75% local-integration rate by 2030, reinforcing Morocco’s strategy to deepen its automotive value chain.
A notable element of the upgrade is an in-house automated guided vehicle (AGV) workshop at Kenitra – described as the first of its kind in the Middle East and Africa – with indicative capacity of about 1,000 AGVs per year and an assembly takt of roughly one AGV every three hours.
Internal AGV production is intended to de-risk factory intralogistics, shorten lead times for future re-tooling and reduce reliance on imported equipment.
The Kenitra expansion lands as Morocco’s automotive exports hit record levels and national capacity heads toward the one-million-vehicles mark, supported by ongoing investment from OEMs, battery suppliers and tier vendors.
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