New factory in Spain for Chery and EV Motors

THE CHINESE IN SPAIN – With production of 150,000 vehicles per year by 2029, the new factory Cherry in Barcelona will be one of the company’s main international marketing sites. This was announced by the Chinese company itself, announcing that production at the former Nissan plant will begin at the end of summer and that they will be employed until 1,250 employees. For Chery, this is the first production plant in Europe, opened as part of a joint venture with a Spanish company EV Motors, to which the plant was partially sold after being abandoned to Nissan. The Italian government also hoped to bring Chinese production to our region, but without success.

PRIVATE AND PUBLIC – After launching the program from 5 billion euros for the production of electric vehicles, thanks to the funds of the European Union intended for various countries to recover from this crisis, ” Spain becomes the main center for electric vehicles for Europe,” said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. There Cherry ed EV Motors will invest around 400 million euros, but the two automakers may also request money from the Spanish government, which this year has little treasure of 1.7 billion euros due to the aid program. Authorities in Catalonia, of which Barcelona is the capital, also said they would finance the project, but did not go into detail.

EBRO IS BACK – Production at the Barcelona plant will start with the SUV Method 5, electricity and petrol. Later the production lines will also assemble James 7. But on platforms and technologies shared with Chery, EV Motors will bring it back Ebrothe historian Spanish brand which produced commercial, agricultural and off-road vehicles until 1987. Ebro aims to return to the market by specializing in vehicles with a low environmental impact. The first example of Ebro should be a electric pickupwhich will start production in the latter part of the year.