据彭博社报道，浙江零跑科技有限公司计划在欧洲推出一款新款插电式混合动力汽车，以进一步拓展欧洲市场。目前欧盟正考虑限制中国产此类汽车的进口，以保护本土汽车产业。
Leapmotor Technology Co. plans to expand in Europe with a new plug-in hybrid car even as the bloc eyes limiting imports of those vehicles from China to defend its local industry.
零跑联合创始人兼总裁吴强在采访中表示，这款新车将于2027年上半年登陆欧洲市场。他同时强调，欧盟限制中国混合动力汽车进口的政策不会影响公司的计划。
The manufacturer will bring the model to Europe in the first half of 2027, Leapmotor’s co-President Michael Wu said in an interview. The European Union’s push to cap hybrid-vehicle shipments from China won’t affect the plans, he added.
“对于欧盟的新政策，我们尚不确定其是否会真正实施，因此无论结果如何我们都会按原计划推进，”吴强说道。
“The new EU policy, we are not sure if it will be implemented — so we will proceed irrespective of it,” Wu said.
零跑的新款车型将进一步丰富欧洲市场上价格亲民的中国产混合动力汽车阵容。比亚迪、吉利汽车等中国车企纷纷借此方式规避欧盟对纯电动汽车征收的关税。今年8月，中国车企生产的混合动力汽车占据了欧洲市场约四分之一的销量，而插电式混合动力汽车的市场份额更是达到三分之一。本周，欧盟官员将前往北京，试图解决日均贸易逆差超过10亿美元的问题。
Leapmotor’s new car would add to a wealth of affordable hybrids from China that have flooded the European market, part of a push by the likes of BYD Co. and Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. to sidestep EU tariffs on their EVs. Chinese automakers accounted for about one in four hybrid sales in the region in August, and one in three for hybrids with a plug. EU officials are traveling to Beijing this week to address a trade deficit that exceeds $1 billion a day.
目前零跑已通过与Jeep的母公司斯特兰蒂斯集团建立销售及生产合作伙伴关系，在欧洲站稳脚跟。这一合作有望帮助公司顺利应对未来的贸易壁垒。吴强透露，本月晚些时候，零跑首款在欧洲本土组装的车型——纯电动SUV B10将从位于西班牙萨拉戈萨的斯特兰蒂斯工厂发运。未来几个月，零跑还计划在该工厂生产另一款车型。
Leapmotor has already planted roots in Europe through a sales and manufacturing partnership with Jeep owner Stellantis NV, which may help the company overcome future trade hurdles. The manufacturer will later this month start shipments of its first European-assembled car, the fully electric B10 sport utility vehicle, from a Stellantis plant in Zaragoza, Spain. Leapmotor plans to make another model at that factory in the next several months, Wu said.
“这对双方而言都是双赢之举：我们的生产活动能提升工厂的产能利用率，这对斯特兰蒂斯同样有利，”吴强说道。他补充称，虽然零跑需支付代工费用，但这一模式相比自行建厂而言成本更低且见效更快。
“It’s really a win-win situation because our production will increase the plant’s capacity utilization, which is beneficial to Stellantis,” Wu said. While Leapmotor will be paying contract manufacturing fees, that strategy is still less costly and faster than building a factory from scratch, the executive added.
这些在西班牙生产的B10 SUV，其零部件均来自从中国进口的散件组装套件，包括动力系统、电子元件及控制单元。吴兴华表示，包括部分机械部件与车身部件在内，整车约有一半的零部件将在欧洲采购。
The Spanish-made B10 SUVs are made from disassembled knock-down kits imported from China including power trains, electronics and control units. Roughly half of the vehicle, including some mechanical and body parts, will be sourced in Europe, Wu said.
据吴兴华介绍，萨拉戈萨工厂初期的年产能预计为5万至10万辆汽车，随后还会逐步提升。不过他补充道，在一段时间内，欧洲组装的车型仍无法完全取代零跑汽车对欧洲市场的出口量。这家中国车企预计明年海外销量有望达到40万辆，这一数字将是今年预估的20万辆的两倍。
The Zaragoza plant will start with an annual output capacity of 50,000 to 100,000 cars and then ramp up later, Wu said. But the European-assembled vehicles won’t be able to fully replace Leapmotor’s exports to the continent for some time, he added. The Chinese automaker is projecting its overseas sales to grow to as much as 400,000 cars next year, double this year’s estimated 200,000 units.
“从长远来看，本地化生产的比例会逐步提高，但这也取决于当地生产设施的建设情况，”吴兴华说道。
“Eventually the mix will be more toward localization, but then localization also depends on the available production facilities,” Wu said.
正因如此，专为欧洲市场设计的新款插电式混合动力车初期仍会在中国生产，未来才有可能在欧洲实现本土化生产。吴兴华强调，实现本地化生产“绝非一蹴而就之事”。
That’s also why the new plug-in hybrid earmarked for Europe will initially be made in China, with European production of that model a possibility only in the future, he said. Localization, Wu said, is “not going to happen in one day.”