Four multinational companies plan to set up gigafactories Number of batteries in Spain Like the Volkswagen in Sagunto. Firms are tied to the country because of the potential offered by renewable energy (a guarantee of low-cost electricity) and the development of the motor industry in full electrification (Spain is the second European producer after Germany). four attempts seeking public assistance When is the opening date of the second part period for Electric and Connected Vehicle (VEC). The last company to announce its intention was the Chinese giant BYD (Build your dream), which also considers Germany and Hungary.
volkswagen responsible for the only real project today. The German multinational is building a 40 GWh production capacity gigafactory in Sagunto to manufacture battery cells for 800,000 vehicles a year, and is already considering increasing its size by 50% to supply batteries to other automakers like Ford. The company invests 3,000 million euros (will increase to 4,500 as soon as the extension is confirmed) and 3,000 direct jobs and over 30,000 indirect jobs. The German company (which received 200 million public aid for the Sagunto project) chose Valencia over Extremadura and Zaragoza, where Chinese company Enivision and Indian Tata are working to build their gigafactories.
project to envision second most advanced. The Chinese company’s initiative includes an investment of over 1,000 million euros and the creation of more than 1,500 jobs by the end of the first phase. The factory will be located in the Expacionavalmoral business park in Navalmoral de la Mata, Cacereña, and will occupy 1,088,399 square meters of land (VW has 1.3 million square feet of land in Sagunt). The company assures that it intends to start work this summer. If everything goes right, construction work will continue until 2025 for the factory to start production in 2026.
The initiative has been declared the Regional Interest Business Project (Award), a rating that allows halving administrative times and halving procedures such as the issuance of building permits or employment subsidies.
The Government of Aragon offered Volkswagen land in the town of Zaragoza, Zuera, when it was not yet clear that the PoweCo (VW battery subsidiary) gigafactory would end in Parc Sagunt. automobile group Tata Motor (owner of Jaguar Land Rover) is now analyzing these terrains. Aragon is competing with the UK for the Tata gigafactory. The ‘Financial Times’ newspaper assured a few weeks ago that Tata had requested more than £500m (€575m) of state aid from the UK to set up the factory in the southwest of England. The factor that plays in Zuera’s favor is its capacity to generate renewable energy.
Slovak battery manufacturer InoBat Work on building a 32 gigawatt gigafactory valladolid. It was initially said that this project will come with an investment of 3,000 million euros, but the Slovak company has not yet made a final decision.
Chinese giant BYD has initiated initial contacts regarding the possibility of setting up a gigafactory in Spain. BYD and Ford negotiated the transfer of the German Saarlouis plant (which will close after unsuccessfully competing with Valencia Almussafes for electric car production), but the deal did not continue.
Apart from these five projects; stellantis whether…or Portugal and spain rival for a gigafactory battery for cars of the group. Currently the factory is closer to Portugal.
The Volkswagen group plans to assemble cells produced at the Sagunt gigafactory, with vehicle production centers in Barcelona and Navarra. The multinational has yet to decide whether it will do this directly or through a third party. company’s goal save on logistics costs in so-called battery packs. Electric cars have between 200 and 400 cells (the batteries in the form of blue blocks that will be produced in sagunt) and the cases they are installed in are very heavy (so it doesn’t make sense to do all the work in the car). Valencia).
Navarra Provincial Executive Chairman María Chivite met with Volkswagen Navarra’s executive staff on Wednesday, got detailed information about the company’s new project and learned about the design that this new factory may have. This battery assembly structure for electric models manufactured in Landaben (Pamplona) was not considered in the regional interest project approved by the Government of Navarra for the electrification plan of the Volkswagen plant, as explained by the regional manager in a post. Projects in Barcelona and Navarra could benefit from this. assistance provided at the second Perte VEC.
In any case, the industrial impact and employment level of such an assembly plant has nothing to do with that of the Sagunto battery gigafactory, where the technology and cells will be developed.
Collection of Valencia cells in Barcelona and Navarra
The Volkswagen group plans to assemble cells produced at the Sagunt gigafactory, with vehicle production centers in Barcelona and Navarra. The multinational has yet to decide whether it will do this directly or through a third party. The company’s goal is to save on logistics costs, known as battery packs. Electric cars have between 200 and 400 cells (the batteries in the form of blue blocks that will be produced in sagunt) and the cases they are installed in are very heavy (so it doesn’t make sense to do all the work in the car). Valencia).
Navarra Provincial Executive Chairman María Chivite met with Volkswagen Navarra’s executive staff on Wednesday, got detailed information about the company’s new project and learned about the design that this new factory may have. This battery assembly structure for electric models manufactured in Landaben (Pamplona) was not considered in the regional interest project approved by the Government of Navarra for the electrification plan of the Volkswagen plant, as explained by the regional manager in a post. Projects in Barcelona and Navarra can benefit from assistance provided at the second Perte VEC.
In any case, the industrial impact and employment level of such an assembly plant has nothing to do with that of the Sagunt battery gigafactory, where the technology and cells will be developed.