The president of Seat, Wayne Griffits, has introduced this Monday that the corporate will make investments 300 million euros within the building of a battery cell meeting plant in Martorell (Barcelona).
Griffiths defined that the brand new services “will assemble the cells that PowerCo will manufacture on the Sagunto (Valencia) gigafactory”, and that they may create 400 direct and 100 oblique jobs.
The plant, with an space of 64,000 sq. meters and which could possibly be operational from 2025, will likely be related to Workshop 10, the place they may manufacture a number of the Volkswagen Group’s electrical automobiles, together with the Cupra Raval. “This will assist to optimize logistics processes and cut back the carbon footprint”, added the chief.
“Fundamental” services and promotion in Martorell
Griffiths defined that these are “elementary services” for the corporate and that they characterize a lift to plans to have a second platform in Martorell.
The president of Seat has underlined the “key second” for the trade and recalled that each Seat and the Volkswagen Group are investing in sustainable mobility.
He has additionally claimed that the Spanish and European establishments “should be satisfied and get on the prepare” and {that a} authorized framework be created that, in his phrases, ensures funding within the sector.
“Public-private collaboration is important to speed up the transformation, and in Spain some steps have already been taken in the suitable route,” he assured, including that the measure to deduct 15% of non-public earnings tax for the acquisition of electrical automobiles it have to be accompanied by extra funding to increase the charging infrastructure.
The venture “ensures the longer term” of the corporate in Catalonia
The Minister of Business and Labor of the Generalitat, Roger Torrent, has assured that Seat’s announcement “ensures the longer term” of the corporate in Catalonia.
‼️Seat will construct a battery cell meeting plant in Catalonia. A bit of stories that ensures the way forward for the corporate to our nation and that has been made doable because of the collaboration with the @govern.
✅Investment of 300 ME
💪Impact of 400 llocs of treball
— Roger Torrent i Ramió 🎗 (@rogertorrent) July 17, 2023
Torrent has described the information as “wonderful” and has burdened that it has been doable because of the joint work between the corporate and the Government.
He has celebrated that “a great half, most” of the weather of the electrical car worth chain are situated in Catalonia, from the ‘battery pack’ to analysis and improvement, by means of the manufacturing of automobiles on the Seat electrical platform in Martorell.
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