Leapmotor has announced an update about local assembly plans at Stellantis' Gurun plant in Kedah, Malaysia - completely knocked-down (CKD) work for the C10 EV has already started, and the CKD B10 will be ready in two to three months' time.

This timeline was provided by Stellantis ASEAN MD Isaac Yeo, who was speaking at the Leapmotor distribution operations signing ceremony between Stellantis Malaysia and Cycle & Carriage recently. Yeo also said that Stellantis - which holds a stake in Leapmotor and markets the carmaker's products outside of China - has invested over MYR 25 million (US$ 6.2 million) in the Gurun plant, a 60,000-unit capacity factory that it fully owns.

"The C10 (CKD assembly) started in April and May this year, and I do expect the B10 to be following in two to three months," Yeo said, adding that exports from Gurun has "always been in the plans" but cost and quality will first need to be aligned, and deeper localisation needs to happen first.

Yeo previously told reporters that aside from the fact that Malaysia currently has no EV and battery ecosystem, there's also no special tax incentives under AFTA to export EVs to ASEAN neighbours. Despite this, Stellantis plans to eventually use up Gurun's 60,000 per annum capacity (not just for Leapmotor) and exports will be beyond ASEAN.

As for pricing, expect the CKD cars to match the RRPs of the tax-free CBU EVs, something that Yeo is proud of - the Gurun-assembled Leapmotors will not be significantly cheaper than the China imports.

For reference, the 2026 Leapmotor C10 Plus was launched in February for MYR 148,000 (US$ 36,800), before a launch rebate of MYR 9,000. Launched in December 2025, the B10 is priced from MYR 99,800 to MYR 109,800. The next new Leapmotor model that will be launched in Malaysia is the B03X, which is called the A10 in China.