Barcelona, (EFE).- Seat will build a battery cell assembly plant in Martorell (Barcelona), a project that will require an investment of 300 million euros, part of which the automobile company plans to cover through funds from the new Perte del Electric and Connected Vehicle (VEC).
This was announced this Monday by the president of Seat, Wayne Griffiths, who explained that the works will begin “in the coming weeks”, with the forecast that they will be completed in 2025.
Four hundred workers and one hundred indirect
Some 400 people will work in this new plant, adding to a hundred indirect jobs.
“Today is a very important day because we are taking another step in our electrification plan (…) These facilities are essential for our company and they also represent a boost to obtain a second platform in Martorell,” Griffiths pointed out in a videotaped message. .
The president of Seat has explained that the new facilities will occupy 64,000 square meters, that is, the equivalent of nine football fields.
The plant, which will assemble battery cells from Sagunto, will be connected to Workshop 10, also located in Martorell, where the Volkswagen group, of which Seat is a part, will manufacture various electric vehicles, including the Cupra Raval.
“This will help optimize logistics processes and reduce the carbon footprint,” added Griffiths.
Turn Spain into a logistics center
Seat acts with “the ambition of turning Spain into a ‘hub’ (logistics center) for electric mobility in Europe” and to that end allocates “great resources to achieve sustainable mobility”.
He has taken the opportunity to ask for the commitment of the administrations in this task: “The Spanish and European institutions also have to be convinced and get on the train. As happens in other countries, a legal framework must be created to ensure investment in the sector and boost competitiveness”.
In this sense, he has highlighted “some steps in the right direction” that are being taken in Spain, such as the 15% deduction of personal income tax for the purchase of electric vehicles or the Future Fast Forward project – led precisely by Seat and the Volkswagen Group -, which foresees an investment of 10,000 million euros.
“Because, together, we are putting Spain on electric wheels”, Griffiths has pointed out.