Manufacturing

Morocco aims to double EV production capacity

By Pramod Kumar

June 6, 2025, 11:33 AM

Traffic in central Casablanca, Morocco. The country is stepping up efforts to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels

Year-on-year increase of 53%
Total auto production at 1m
Battery plants being constructed

Morocco aims to increase its electric vehicle (EV) production capacity by more than half by the end of 2025, as part of efforts to promote green mobility and reduce its reliance on fossil fuels.

EV production is likely to reach 107,000 by the end of this year, an increase of 53 percent year on year, Morocco World News reported quoting industry minister Ryad Mezzour.

Total automotive production in the country is expected to reach one million vehicles by the end of the year, up from 700,000, the minister said.

The sector is an important part of the country’s economic growth. Exports reached MAD49 billion ($5.4 billion) as of April 2025, the report said, citing the Moroccan Exchange Office data.

A number of foreign car makers have set up production bases in Morocco, including French companies Renault and Peugeot, the report said.

In June 2024 a $1.3 billion deal was signed between the Moroccan government and the Chinese-European group Gotion High Tech to build a gigafactory for the manufacture of EV batteries.

Morocco is rich in phosphate resources, which are crucial for producing lithium-iron-phosphate cells. The country is situated close to Europe and benefits from good trade relations with the US.

Morocco’s energy imports bill stood at MAD28 billion in the first quarter of 2025, according to government data released in May, with a lot of this dependent on fossil fuels. Only around a quarter comes from renewable sources.

In early 2025, Morocco produced nearly 12 gigawatts (GW) of electricity, including around 5.4GW of renewable energy, Leila Benali, Morocco’s minister of energy transition and sustainable development, said in May.

The minister said Morocco’s new power investment strategy envisages increasing renewable energy funding fourfold – in solar, wind and some hydrogen – and conventional electricity fivefold over the next five years.

An official said in late 2024 that Morocco is planning to invest nearly 27 billion Moroccan dirhams in the next five years to expand its electricity networks and increase the share of renewable energy.