The Group Volkswagen i Seat they will build a battery factory in Spain. That’s what he revealed Herbert Diess, CEO of the German consortium, in an event in which he has detailed his strategy up to the year 2030. The will of the group is to convert Spain in a hub of electric mobility cooperating with the Government to transform it into a leading country in this field. The company of Martorell and the Group Volkswagen will apply, to carry out their plans, to participate in the Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and Transformation (PERTE) presented last Monday by the President Pedro Sánchez to drive the electric car with 4.3 billion from European funds to the 2023.
The Spanish battery plant will become the third of the six that the Volkswagen Group will build in Europe by 2030 after the of Germany i Sweden. “We are ready to establish the entire value chain of the country’s electric mobility, including the production of electric vehicles, as well as their components, and a new battery factory of the group,” he said. This. “We intend to build the number three gig factory in Spain. This location would allow a highly secure supply for the production of electric vehicles planned in the country “, he added. Thomas Schmall, Chairman of the Seat Board. Schmall has detailed that the construction of potential gig factory of Spanish drummers will be conducted with a strategic partner who has not named. “In its final phase, by the end of the decade, the plant could have an annual capacity of 40 GWh».
‘Made in Spain’ electric city cars
These vehicles that the German managers have named are a family of urban electric cars that he Group Volkswagen intends to produce from the 2025. Seat has positioned Martorell as the most suitable plant for its coupling with the Future Fast Forward plan, which he introduced in March, a strategy to lead the electrification of the Spanish automotive industry through the production of these electric cars. Herbert Diess referred to the award of the group’s family of electric urban dwellers to Martorell alleging that “depending on the general context and the support from the public sector, from the 2025 the Small BEV family could be manufactured in Spain».
For its part, Wayne Griffithspresident de Seat and CEO of Cuprahas stated that the aim of the Spanish brand is to “transform the production plant of Martorell in a 100% electric vehicle factory». “We are ready to transform Spanish industry and realize the potential of the Future Fast Forward plan,” he added.
As he explains Seat, the urban electric car would be a project “large in terms of potential volume” and “an important milestone on the road to sustainability and the fight against climate change.” According to his calculations, electric vehicles in this segment would oscillate between 20,000 and 25,000 euros, a price “essential to make electromobility accessible to the general public.” The brand adds that its production in Spain “would serve as an engine for generation of employmentespecially for the teens.