A lot Ford Mustang Mach-eThe company’s first pure electric sports car, driven by employees from the Almussafes factory. This is an image that has been seen at the factory several times a day since last week. attracts attention at a time when the brand has not yet been approved Which electrified models the factory will produce from the arrival of electrification in 2026.
The mechanism used in these tests is described in this paper by various sources familiar with this process at the facility. Leave the car to a worker who has already requested it, and he or she will take it out of the factory and drive it for 20 or 30 minutes.. In this sense, some of these sources are in this newspaper on these journeys. tests so that the employee knows how the car works on the road. They confirmed they had brought “several vehicles from the Madrid fleet” from the company, but “No employee was told to do product testing with other models beyond what we have done at other times. Made in Valencia and others not produced”.
According to the company, the reason for these pipes “normal”, employees can try “the latest news we publish”, They have the opportunity to test them, as with the Kuga or Puma”. However, another source, who admits that these tests “have been done on other models at other times,” finds it striking that this has come to light right now and believes that they can leave Almussafes ” maybe as a marketing job so they can be seen around, because if not, there’s not much point in them being here right now. Valencia”.
A profiled model
Whatever it is, it is among the sliding possibilities due to the characteristics of the vehicle types that will be produced at the Valencia plant in the future, which according to this newspaper will be high-quality cars and will be larger. In Cologne to compete with Tesla – always has been among favorites, exactly an evolution of Mach-e. not for nothing The GE2 electric platform Ford plans to put at Almussafes will be the evolution of the GE1 of the Mustang Mach-e currently produced in Mexico.a car that the head of the brand’s electrical division in Europe recognized in an interview a few months ago, Martin Sander, who is “very successful in Europe” and whose only “problem” is not being able to reach the demanded production market.
Automotive meetup at Almussafes: This Wednesday, the first ‘National Meeting of Automotive and Supply Industry Municipalities’ was held in Almussafes, this event was promoted by the Valencia town council and was attended by mayors from other parts of Valencia town. Spain, industry, and also officials such as Minister of Finance, Arcadi Spain, or Empar Martínez, Minister of Industry of the region. At the meeting, five discussion tables were held where the situation and future of the automotive industry were discussed from different perspectives (municipalities, workers, companies, supplier industry…). Among them was the table titled “Employment effects of the electrification process” with speakers from José Luis Parra from UGT-Ford, Rafa Guerrero from Seat in CCOO and Elena Lluch, manager of the Automotive and Mobility cluster Comunitat Valenciana Avia. – talked about what the arrival of electric vehicles will mean and the opportunities that an investment like Volkswagen in Sagunt can bring to the sector.