Egypt plans to build up to 100,000 electric cars a year by 2032
A big international carmaker is set to start making three EV models in Egypt in 2027, under a plan reviewed by the prime minister this week.
Egypt wants to be making up to 100,000 electric vehicles a year by 2032. The target sits in a plan to build more of the country's cars, and the parts that go into them, at home, which Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly reviewed with Industry Minister Khaled Hashem and the ministry's assistant minister for strategic affairs, Mohamed Sami, Daily News Egypt and CairoScene reported.
The centrepiece is a major international carmaker, not yet named, that plans to start producing three electric models in Egypt in 2027. According to the plan, the share of locally made parts in those cars would start at about 10% and climb to 27% by 2032. China's Dongfeng is already building electric cars here, with SN Automotive and the state-owned El Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company, on El Nasr's lines in Helwan.
Around the cars, the ministry is working on the supply chain. An international company, El Araby Group and the Arab Organization for Industrialization have agreed to make seven metal car components, with a combined capacity of 8 million pieces a year. A battery partnership with bus maker MCV will put locally supplied batteries in its buses, and talks are under way with another company to supply batteries for cars made in Egypt. Electric motors could follow, again with the Arab Organization for Industrialization. A vocational school for mould and die making is planned with a Brazilian industry association, and the Engineering Industries Technology Centre in 10th of Ramadan City is to be upgraded to test parts for local suppliers.
The government says the aim is a smaller import bill, more exports to neighbouring markets and less dependence on conventional fuel. It is also studying extra incentives to get more carmakers to start EV production here, though none have been published yet.
For anyone thinking about an electric car in Cairo, nothing changes on the showroom floor yet: the new models are due from 2027, and no names, prices or on-sale dates have been announced. The ministry says it is also working with international companies on charging stations, but has not said how many or where. Until then, the Dongfeng and El Nasr models are the locally built electric options on sale.