Chery, the Chinese car manufacturer is opening its first factory in Barcelona

CherryThe Chinese carmaker will open its first European factory in Spain, on the old site Nissan of Barcelona, ​​as part of a joint venture with a Spanish group Ebro-EV Motors. This was announced by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, communicating in writing that «an agreement was reached between the two companies».

The details of the agreement have not yet been disclosed, which will be signed at a meeting in Madrid between Industry Minister Jordi Hereu and a delegation of Cherryin front of members of the Catalan regional government.

«After several months of negotiations, we are putting the final touches on the redesign of the old Nissan site and the agreement between Ebro and Chery to manufacture thousands of cars.», announced Roger Torrent, head of Catalan government affairs, on the social network X.

Old site Nissanwhich employed 3,000 people, was closed in December 2021 and part of the industrial complex was sold to motorcycle manufacturers. Silence ed EV Motors. Cherry is the second Chinese manufacturer to announce its presence in Europe, after Byd which in February announced the construction of its first European factory in Hungary.

Cherry in the end he preferred Spain over Italy, due to the fact that the Chinese car manufacturer was also in negotiations with our country to choose a production site. The government is looking for Chinese car manufacturers to come to Italy to make up for the decline in production Starbut Asian houses seem to be looking elsewhere.