Moroccan license plates are set to change. New series will now have to display Latin letters alongside Arabic letters, but not all motorists will have to replace their plates immediately.
Electric and hybrid cars are rapidly gaining ground in Morocco. By the end of July, their sales had surged by 86.3% in one year, as rising fuel prices are prompting more and more motorists to consider alternative powertrains.
Moroccan automotive exports declined in 2025. The World Bank attributes this to less dynamic European demand, but also to the growing competition from Chinese electric vehicles in the kingdom’s main markets.
Moroccan automotive exports reached 93.7 billion dirhams in the first half of 2026. They now represent more than double the sales of phosphates and derivatives.
Moroccan exports continued to grow in 2025, but the automotive sector stalled. The World Bank attributes this decline to weakening European demand and the growing competition from Chinese electric vehicles .
American automotive supplier Gentex will open a factory in Morocco designed to supply the European market. The kingdom prevailed against several Eastern European countries following a comparison of costs, trade agreements, geopolitical risks, and access to automakers.
Conditions for opening a driving school could be significantly tightened in Morocco. The provisional bond would increase from 20,000 to 100,000 dirhams, while each establishment would need to own at least two training vehicles.
A man who hoped to obtain a mortgage claims to have been used as a front man by a network suspected of creating shell companies and defrauding financing organizations. The case led two suspects before the Fès prosecutor’s office.
Designed to accelerate Morocco’s industrialization, Tanger Med has largely succeeded in its mission. But the massive arrival of Chinese investors around the port and in the automotive sector is now worrying the European Union, which fears a new gateway to its market.
Renault Group sold 49,821 vehicles in Morocco in the first half of 2026, a 13.7% increase year-on-year. Despite this double-digit growth, its share of the Moroccan market declined by 1.3 percentage points.
Departures are multiplying in the wiring and automotive components factories in the Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma region. According to a union, the reasons are: wages deemed too low, high production rates and persistent job insecurity.
Moroccan automotive exports declined in 2025, hit by a sharp fall in finished vehicle sales. Still heavily dependent on combustion engines and the European market, the industry must accelerate its transition to electric vehicles.