Only a few weeks left until the deadline for Ford to announce whether the Almussafes plant has finally passed the factory in Saarlouis (Germany) and whether it has received new electric vehicle awards. American multinational finally hit the market with 36 companies We will touch further on the Strategic Project for the Recovery and Economic Transformation of the electric vehicle (Perte) initiated by the government, which will mobilize approximately 12,000 million euros.
The Detroit-based company’s company is one of 13 tractor units of Automotive Perte and will feature Valencian companies from various sectors such as technology, as sources close to the project confirm to this newspaper. power electronicsassociated with the production of automotive components such as happy industries, start-ups wireless services such as witracsuch as communication and software. sothis or like robotic robotics. In addition, other companies with factories in the province of Valencia are added. Gestamp, Grupo Antolin or Yanfeng and international giants vodafone or in other autonomies such as Madrid (for example auto technology).
However, as confirmed by the above-mentioned sources, and despite having entered the Government’s Perte, the project supported by Ford Spain did not convey the “investment” it wanted to make to the different actors; this is another symptom of the uncertainty of the future. Considering that Almussafes has been blown up and “the responsibility is joint and several” (i.e. in case the project goes down), it “makes no sense”—explain sources close to the project—one of the partners would be other companies that should assume their role). In this sense, other multinationals such as Volkswagen, which will set up the battery gigafactory for electric cars at Parc Sagunt II in Perte, have already confirmed that they are planning a joint investment of close to 10,000 million among all the actors involved.
More than 311 companies and 487 projects
As announced yesterday at Congress by the Head of Government, Pedro Sánchez, the Perte of the Government will say: with about 3,000 million in public aid, Between non-refundable sources and low-interest loans. Similarly, Sánchez emphasized that there are 311 companies in 13 large groups that are committed to supporting 487 projects in the Spanish peninsula geography.
The sources of the Ministry of Industry, faced with this scenario, which may lead to the concentration of investments in certain autonomies, Upgrade-EMV “Each project will be examined individually, without considering a regional balance”, because the involvement of each driver’s association in companies from various autonomies “will give impetus to the whole industry”.