Chinese Cherry Automobile has announced the creation of a new centre of excellence for research and development in Europe – it will be in the UK and it will start operating already this year.
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20/08/2026
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Pthe 30th anniversary, the Chinese manufacturer Chery it is today a group with various brands that seeks to expand internationally. And expansion cannot be done only on the market.
Prepares to create a new research and development excellence centre in the UK. With an opening scheduled for the end of October, it will be located at the UTAC Millbrook in Bedfordshire.
This space will be integrated into Chery's global network, meeting a strategy to create local operations and develop cars specifically tailored to the needs and requirements of different regions.
At first, the new centre of excellence will focus your work on the dynamics areas of chassis and advanced driving support systems (DAS), given what British drivers say – a market with very particular road characteristics. For the future, autonomous driving and artificial intelligence fields will remain.
The mission of this center will be to “bring these perspectives closer to the development process, also creating opportunities to recruit local engineering talent.”.
At UTAC Millbrook, Chery engineers will be able to access more than 70 km of clues made especially for testing, with different characteristics.
Chery records arrow growth
From January to July this year, Chery International registered having exported 1,146 vehicle sales outside China, an increase of 71.2 percent over 2025. Also revenues and profits went up, making the manufacturer one of 500 companies entering this year's Fortune Global 500.