{"id":68815,"date":"2022-11-24T13:25:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T13:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2022\/11\/24\/morocco-to-unveil-100-locally-made-petrol-powered-car-the-north-africa-post\/"},"modified":"2022-11-24T13:25:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T13:25:50","slug":"morocco-to-unveil-100-locally-made-petrol-powered-car-the-north-africa-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2022\/11\/24\/morocco-to-unveil-100-locally-made-petrol-powered-car-the-north-africa-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco to unveil 100% locally made petrol-powered car \u2013 The North Africa Post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
According to Ryad Mezzour, the industry minister, Morocco will soon unveil the first petrol-powered car that is 100% made in Morocco. This will build on an existing network with suppliers at an affordable price.<\/p>\n
Quoted by l\u2019Economist daily, Mezzour said the car, NEO, will be marketed at a competitive price of 170,000 dirhams and that it will find its first customers in the public administrations as well as the urban youth.<\/p>\n
Morocco is home to a large number of automotive suppliers. There are 700,000 units at the Renault and Peugeot factories in Tangier (each) respectively.<\/p>\n
However, the goal is to increase this export capacity to 1,000,000 cars in 2026 as producers from Morocco seek greater market share in Europe and elsewhere.<\/p>\n
The country currently has 10,000 automotive industry engineers, and plans to increase this number to 50,000.<\/p>\n
It also prepares the sector for the future by increasing the low-carbon footprint and encouraging the industry to increase production of electric cars from 40,000 to 100,000.<\/p>\n
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