Morocco has manufactured its first 100 percent Morocco-made car, an Opel vehicle powered by electric energy, presented on Wednesday in the courtyard of the House of Representatives.
The one million dihrams car operates at a top speed of 75 kilometers per hour and was completely designed and manufactured in Morocco, said Riad Mezzour, Minister of Trade and Industry.
The car is the latest venture by Morocco towards green mobility by powering the production of electric vehicles using renewable energy.
Overall, the automotive industry in Morocco, which employs about 230,000 people is exceed, for the first time in the history of the Kingdom a turnover of 100 billion dirhams.
Likewise, the aircraft manufacturing sector is also expected to achieve an unprecedented figure and record a20 billion dirhams turnover.
Mezzour said that the Moroccan industry is witnessing a continuous transformation, “but we need more work to develop this sector more and push it towards success, and to motivate investors to invest more by providing them with appropriate conditions and increasing the number of opportunities, especially for young people.”
To increase its competitiveness against China and India, Morocco plans to increase the rate of locally made parts in the cars it exports.
Last May, sales of the automotive industry in Morocco went up by 24%. The first and second best-selling cars in Europe, Dacia Sandero and Peugeot 208 are manufactured in Morocco.
The Minister aims for the production of 1 million units in the next four years when it comes to Renault and Stellantis cars.
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