“China is expected to become a key participant in Morocco’s electric vehicle industry and contribute to Morocco’s industrialisation process,” Li wrote in an article on November 1 marking the 65th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations. Sino-German electric vehicle battery maker Gotion High-Tech also plans to build a US$6 billion factory in Morocco to produce electric car batteries and energy storage systems. Rabat is now positioning itself as an EV manufacturing hub – and Chinese companies are at the centre of the ambitious plans. In North Africa, Morocco and Egypt had been big beneficiaries of this, he said, as firms established production facilities near the European market. “EV manufacturers, especially Chinese ones, are pivoting to lithium iron phosphate batteries, and phosphates are abundant in Morocco,” Conradie said.
