Overview
- Industry group ANFAC warned that Spain is losing roughly 400,000 cars of annual manufacturing output despite rising electrified vehicle demand.
- Vehicle sales in Spain grew 12% last year with about 100,000 electric cars sold and a 20% share for electrified models, while production and exports fell.
- ACEA president Ola Källenius called for EU measures including infrastructure investment stimuli, purchase incentives, and flexible, pragmatic targets.
- ACEA noted that manufacturers and suppliers in Europe have invested more than €300 billion in electrification and decarbonization over the past five years.
- Sector leaders highlighted Plan Auto 2030 as the common strategy to steer factory transitions and reinforce the domestic automotive value chain.