HE section VEC (Electric and Connected Vehicle) will not be replaced by the election call announced by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday. Industry sources say Perte’s rendering is “not affected by selection progress”. And they explain that although the release of this second window for access to funds is scheduled for next month, they are “approved by ministerial orders and are not required to go through the Cabinet” from the Ministry. With this, the Department, headed by Héctor Gómez, is trying to comfort the entire automotive sector, which yesterday raised its voice through the employers’ association Anfac and specially Stellantis, what trusts his call 23 July “Don’t change the positive dynamic”.
As the minister pointed out at the Barcelona Motor Show, the second call for the Perte VEC will be released in June. From Industry, the Ministry started to work as of 25 July and until then, “It will continue to work fully”. “We are continuing according to the planned schedule. The calls will continue and we will continue to comply with the implementation commitments of both the General Government Budget and the General Budget. Healing, Transformation and Resilience Plan”, they summarized.
Stellantis Fountains they showed their concern Before what could happen after Sánchez’s statement. First of all, for having achieved this “positive dynamic” in recent months, both with Perte funds, the key to the new industrial platform desired by the Vigo and Zaragoza plants, and Industry for Balaídos’ high voltage.
He was nervous like yesterday Anfac employer or Catalan (Galician Ceaga did not pronounce). “Preparation has progressed quite well and I hope it comes out before the elections,” said Anfac chairman and CEO of Seat and Cupra. Wayne Griffithsrecognizing the “uncertainty” created by electoral progress.
Griffiths said he regrets that Spain continues to be at the bottom of Europe in the electrification of parking garages and stressed that this is necessary to speed up the process. “A new government is needed as soon as possible to avoid entering a period of greater uncertainty”.
The Catalan cluster (CIAC) for its part has issued a statement demanding that the calendar follow the planned route because, they explained, the sector can’t allow any more delays On the arrival of European aid”.
The group’s first “gigafactory” is on its way
Stellantis, along with TotalEnergies and Mercedes-Benz, unveiled the first of the joint venture’s three gigabyte factories yesterday. Automotive Cells Company (ACC). Initial generation capacity at Douvrin in northern France is 13 gigawatt hours (GWh), which will increase to 40 GWh in 2030. The facility will supply high-performance lithium-ion batteries with a minimal CO2 footprint.
“At the start of this partnership in 2020, we agreed on an ambitious global program to develop batteries for electric vehicles that will drive our mobility electrification plan,” said Stellantis CEO. Carlos Tavares.
The other two sites are located in Germany and Italy, while a fourth for the Iberian Peninsula could be announced this year. Tavares casts doubt between Spain or Portugal, as this media reports. On the other side of the pond, he announced another one in the US and Canada, whose work is now discontinued.