Turin is positioning itself as a strategic manufacturing hub for electric micro-vehicles through a new partnership between Micro-AMFI and Portuguese engineering firm CEiiA.1
The collaboration will bring industrial-scale production of CEiiA's BEN micro-vehicle to AMFI's Turin facility, where it will be manufactured alongside the Microlino.1 AMFI was established specifically to become a strategic industrial hub for the electric micro-vehicle sector in Europe, according to Michelangelo Liguori.1
"By integrating BEN into their production site alongside Microlino, they are reaching the critical mass necessary to build a truly competitive and scalable European industrial ecosystem," Liguori said.1 He added that Turin has "the talent, infrastructure and now the partnerships to lead this transformation."1
The move reflects broader efforts to establish European manufacturing capacity for small electric vehicles. Micro-vehicles represent a specialized segment of the automotive market focused on urban mobility solutions, typically featuring compact designs optimized for city driving.
The Turin facility's multi-brand approach - housing production for both Microlino and BEN under one roof - aims to achieve economies of scale that individual micro-vehicle manufacturers struggle to reach independently. This shared manufacturing model could provide a template for other emerging electric vehicle categories seeking to establish production footprints in Europe.
The partnership comes as European manufacturers face pressure to build domestic supply chains for electric vehicle production. While micro-vehicles occupy a niche market segment, the manufacturing processes and supply chain infrastructure developed for these vehicles may inform broader electrification efforts in the automotive sector.