All of Chery’s China plans in Spain that make Sanchez happy

Chery arrives in Spain and intends to continue at full speed: the first cars will be released early this summer. Some will still have a combustion engine.

The Chinese manufacturer Chery is not interested in wasting even a second. After clarifying the final agreement with the Spanish government to arrive at the former Nissan factory in the Free Zone of Barcelona, ​​​​​​​​the company’s first. industrial plan involving Spain.

A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR ITALY AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SPAIN

Details that are also very interesting to us Italians, not only because they contribute to the invasion of Chinese electric cars that the EU will suffer in the coming months and which threatens to wipe out all the Western products known to us, but also and. above all because – as already recalled – Chery, before relying on Spain, seemed to be interested in opening its first European factory in Italy, so everything we read in the following paragraphs can have an impact on our economy.

WHAT SANCHEZ SAID

Everyone was there to welcome Chery to Spain: Minister of Trade and Labor of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Roger Torrent, who was the first to confirm the agreement signed by the Chinese and above all the prime minister through social networks Pedro Sánchez.

Today we celebrate the agreement between Ebro-EV Motors and @CheryAutoCo for car manufacturing in Barcelona which will mean up to 1,200 jobs from the former Nissan factory.

This contract goes beyond a large business project. It is a sign of… pic.twitter.com/0fKsjei6rl

— Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) April 19, 2024

“Today we celebrate the agreement between Ebro-EV Motors and Chery to produce cars in Barcelona that will create up to 1,200 jobs in the former Nissan factory,” Sanchez tu X wrote.

“This agreement goes beyond a large commercial project – explained the prime minister -. It is a sign of the re-establishment of industries throughout the country, our ability to attract foreign investors, and also an example of cooperation between the public and private”. “Thank you – he concluded. Sanchez – for believing in and helping a great country to grow which, as always in its history, offers the best great challenges.”

WHAT WILL CHERY DO IN SPAIN?

As stated, everything will be based on the agreement with Ev Motors of the Catalan Ebro group: the two companies will form a joint venture, most of which will be in Spanish hands. The new company, in addition to creating a high-tech center for research and development, will produce electric vehicles for the Omoda and Ebro brands. We are already starting this summer with several cars in two versions: EV and endothermic, when the machine will be replaced in the old Nissan factory (400 million Euros will be invested for this purpose).

ASSEMBLY KIT WILL BE CONTINUED DURING RECOVERY

These are 5 Omodas produced with Chinese-made connectors that will allow the repair work to continue, replacing the use of the line. Once fully operational, the plant will have the capacity to produce 150,000 vehicles per year in 2029, while the roadmap plans to start by reaching 50,000 units in 2027 of two Ebro brand SUVs on the Chery platform, an electric pick-up and a battery-powered van based on the Nissan Navara and e-NV200 respectively. In terms of employment, as said by Sanchez, the two companies have confirmed their commitment to employ 1,250 workers immediately employed by Nissan until the closure of the plant is decided in 2021.