Producing Nasr car beginning of project of localizing producing electric cars: Min

  • Date: 18-Jan-2021
  • Source: Egypt Today
  • Sector:Transport
  • Country:Egypt
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Producing Nasr car beginning of project of localizing producing electric cars: Min

FILE PHOTO: Newly manufactured cars are seen at the automobile terminal in the port of Dalian, Liaoning province, China July 9, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo







CAIRO - 18 January 2021: Public Business Sector Minister Hesham Tawfik said the production of Egypt's first locally assembled electric car (Nasr) by El Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company falls within the framework of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's directives to localize the manufacture of green cars. 



Tawfik was speaking on Monday during signing two agreements between El Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company, China Dongfeng Motor Industry Import & Export Co. (DFMIEC), and Dongfeng Design & Research Institute Co. via video conference in the presence of Chinese Ambassador in Cairo Liao Liqiang. 

 

The two deals include manufacturing an electric car by El Nasr company in cooperation with DFMIEC, which is affiliated to Dongfeng Company that produces 3.5 million cars annually, as well as renovating El