Chinese EV maker Leapmotor（零跑汽车）has entered Indonesia with the B10 electric SUV, pairing a market launch at the 2026 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show, or GIIAS, with local CKD assembly through Indomobil Group（印多汽车集团）.
PT Indomobil National Distributor introduced the B10 after previewing it in Jakarta earlier in July. The model is expected to reach its first Indonesian customers from August. It will be assembled at PT National Assemblers, an Indomobil Group company in West Java, while PT Indomobil National Distributor will manage sales and after-sales service.
The arrangement gives Leapmotor more than a conventional export route. Rather than relying only on imported finished vehicles, the company is establishing a local assembly and distribution presence in Southeast Asia’s largest auto market. The immediate goal is not yet to create a regional export hub, but to make the B10 easier to price, deliver and service locally.
Leapmotor’s expansion is supported by its global partnership with Stellantis（斯泰兰蒂斯集团）. Through Leapmotor International, the two companies are building overseas sales channels while working with local partners on market entry. In Indonesia, Indomobil supplies the established distribution and assembly infrastructure that a new brand would otherwise need years to build.
Indonesia is a significant test market. Japanese carmakers still dominate its automotive sector, but Chinese EV brands are gaining ground by combining competitive products with local operations. For Leapmotor, success will depend less on the launch itself than on whether it can turn local assembly into reliable deliveries, after-sales support and a competitive customer proposition.
The Indonesian project should be distinguished from Leapmotor’s Malaysian operation, where local assembly of the C10 began earlier this year. Together, the two programs show that the company is beginning to build a Southeast Asian operating footprint rather than treating the region solely as an export destination.
Leapmotor has surpassed 1.5 million cumulative global deliveries and now operates in more than 40 markets. Its Indonesia debut is still an early step, but it illustrates a broader shift among Chinese EV makers: overseas expansion increasingly depends on local assembly, distribution and service—not simply on shipping cars from China.