Wayne Griffithscurrent president armchair and cupraI will assume one more year accusation President of the National Association of Automobile and Truck Manufacturers (Anfac) after the unanimous vote of the General Assembly of the organization. Griffiths, who did not want to bet on whether he would continue for Madrid last Wednesday, left everything open to the outcome of the game. meetings programmed with Ministers of Transport Oscar Puente and Industry Jordi Hereu. After two meetings, the Seat chairman commented: proven concern State by sector and started a cleanup The determination of the two ministers for Promoting the transformation of the sector with a determined commitment to the electric vehicle.
Griffiths, whose tenure at the helm of Anfac ends next January, has the support of all the association’s manufacturing partners after listening to the Government’s ‘talk’ about starting work on the future of the car industry. She said she didn’t come here just to be a representative. I want to keep doing things, not being in the middle.” The president of the association is aware that he has accepted the position of “doing big things, not small things”.
Griffith’s mission It will consist in ensuring that the government complies with the interest shown by the two heads of the Ministries of Transport and Industry. Ecological Transition and the task of ‘persuading’ Finance ministers He emphasized the importance of the sustainability plan initiated by Anfac, which covers both ministries.
“For this business complicity of all necessary actorsAnfac’s partners, the industry (with parts associations, Sernauto, Faconauto dealers, Ganvam dealers and all associations), my own automobile group (Volkswagen) have asked me to allow me to devote the necessary time, as well as the government, which should support the Transformation struggle, although I have already mentioned corruption “A strategic sector for Spain”.
Any help would be minimal. “I can’t do this alone,” he says. There is in Spain A market that cannot catch its pre-pandemic rhythm, Added to this is the lack of consumer commitment to the vehicle. electric (pure electric and plug-in hybrids) since only 11% are in this technology. In addition, the 900,000 vehicles expected to be sold this year in general are still far from the million figure deemed necessary by the industry.
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Griffiths He could see that both ministers “will try to support our vision of transforming the sector and share the idea that things are not working, at least when analyzing what has been done so far.” Reference to the implementation of Plan Actions. “We need this complicity, because the automobile is not a mobility and sustainability problem, but rather a problem.” part of the solutionwith sustainable and zero-emission models,” he argues. “I think the government should emphasize this idea. They are also aware of this and have assured me that we will work in this direction,” explains Anfac’s renewed president.
The chairman of Seat and Cupra admits: “If we do not do our homework during this period, we will have lost the opportunity and time for the future. Manufacturers are now making industrial investment decisions and if we are not up to the task.” “This will require us to be left out.”
Your requests “Carries improvements so it has a positive impact and is not a management issue for the user. For this, help is needed not only in bans but also in incentives. Someone has to do it. motivate the consumer Together financial recovery. They were also informed that they should take National management of the installation of charging infrastructure. It is something that cannot be left in the hands of city councils and communities. “What is being done needs to be monitored and followed up because Europe will demand results from us,” he explains. These two aspects were key to ensuring the continuity of the process. Griffiths Head of Anfac.