The Stellantis-Leapmotor partnership is a pragmatic response to a rapidly evolving automotive landscape, providing Stellantis with an accelerated entry into the EV market. However, the underlying narrative is one of past failures and a reactive, rather than proactive, approach to innovation. While the partnership offers potential for Stellantis to regain lost ground in the EV sector, it also highlights the cost of delaying essential strategic shifts and raises questions about the company's long-term self-sufficiency and innovative capacity. The success of this venture will largely depend on how Stellantis leverages Leapmotor's technology and whether it can finally demonstrate the foresight that critics argue has been lacking for decades
