Stellantis and Leapmotor deepen alliance with dual-plant European manufacturing strategy The two OEMs have announced plans to expand their joint venture into full-scale European production, with Spain's Zaragoza and Madrid plants at the centre of an ambitious EV manufacturing push. Nick Holt
How quality control in vehicle manufacturing is changing In car factories, quality is no longer just inspected, but increasingly safeguarded in real time. Cameras, AI, radar, lasers and digital inspection systems are intervening in production ever earlier. This is transforming not only final inspection, but the entire production logic. Timo Gilgen
Opel’s parent plant relies on young workers In assembly at the Opel plant in Rüsselsheim, Stellantis is banking on fresh ideas and innovations from young, up‑and‑coming employees. A visit that reveals the fate of German plants as if under a magnifying glass. Timo Gilgen
“Awareness of the production location has grown stronger” Women at the head of a plant are still a rarity. But that is not what the conversation with Maike Seeber is about. Her task is to assert the role of Opel’s main plant in Rüsselsheim within Stellantis’ gigantic production network. Timo Gilgen
How Opel is recalibrating automation in assembly The automation of vehicle assembly is continues to be a challenge. Opel shares its approach across two plants, demonstrating why partial automation, modules, and AI are currently more realistic than full robotics. Timo Gilgen
