# Spain to invest $5.1 billion in electric vehicle production
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Published: 2021-07-12
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By Joan Faus and Nathan Allen

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain will invest 4.3 billion euros ($5.1 billion) to kick-start the production of electric vehicles and batteries as part of a major national spending programme financed mostly by European Union recovery funds, the government said on Monday.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the government-run plan would include the whole production chain, giving grants to companies with the goal of building the country’s first battery plant and boosting manufacturing of electric vehicles.

It is important for Spain to react and to anticipate this transformation in Europe’s automotive sector,” he said, adding the private sector could contribute a further 19.7 [billion euros](https://www.financedigest.com/eu-seeks-clarification-on-italy-post-covid-plan-freezes-19-billion-euros.html "EU seeks clarification on Italy post-COVID plan, freezes 19 billion euros") to the initiative from 2021 to 2023, according to government estimates.

After Germany, [Spain is Europe’s](https://www.financedigest.com/spain-still-top-spot-for-brits-retiring-to-europe.html "Spain still top spot for Brits retiring to Europe") second-largest auto producer and the world’s eighth biggest.

As the industry [confronts a tectonic shift towards electric vehicles](https://www.financedigest.com/electric-vehicles-confront-the-leap-to-the-mass-market.html "Electric vehicles confront the leap to the mass market") and greater technological integration, Spain is racing against Germany and France to overhaul supply chains and retool its manufacturing bases.

With the new investment, part of a 13-billion euro package earmarked for sustainable mobility, Sanchez expects the [sector’s contribution to economic](https://www.financedigest.com/combatting-economic-uncertainty-in-2023-with-the-payments-sector.html "Combatting economic uncertainty in 2023 with the payments sector") output to reach 15% by 2030, from around 10% now.

The programme could spur the creation of up to 140,000 new [jobs and boost the national economy](https://www.financedigest.com/younger-chinese-are-spurning-factory-jobs-that-power-the-economy.html "Younger Chinese are spurning factory jobs that power the economy") by 1%-1.7%, the government projects.

It aims for the number of new [electric vehicles](https://www.financedigest.com/tax-credits-for-eu-electric-vehicles-to-dominate-mondays-trade-talks-with-u-s.html "Tax credits for EU electric vehicles to dominate Monday’s trade talks with U.S") registered to reach 250,000 in 2023, a big jump from the 18,000 registered in 2020, thanks to government-sponsored initiatives to buy cleaner cars and expand charging stations.

As one of the main beneficiaries of a 750 [billion euro](https://www.financedigest.com/delivery-hero-ramps-up-interest-payments-to-raise-1-billion-euro-convertible-bond.html "Delivery Hero ramps up interest payments to raise 1 billion euro convertible bond") EU recovery scheme, Spain will get around 70 billion euros in grants until 2026 to help revive its economy, which has been hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis.

While few private sector bidders have publicly emerged to seek a slice of the funds, [Volkswagen’s Spanish brand SEAT and utility Iberdrola have formed an alliance to work on a bid](https://www.financedigest.com/volkswagen-to-invest-in-mines-in-bid-to-become-global-battery-supplier.html "Volkswagen to invest in mines in bid to become global battery supplier").

Their involvement would fit within a wider project they are planning, covering all elements of [electric vehicle production from mining to battery](https://www.financedigest.com/battery-swapping-spurs-kenyas-electric-motorbike-drive.html "Battery swapping spurs Kenya’s electric motorbike drive") production to the manufacturing of a finished vehicle at SEAT’s assembly plant outside Barcelona.

($1 = 0.8422 euros)

[(Reporting by Joan Faus and Nathan Allen; Additional reporting by Corina Rodriguez; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise and Mark Potter)](https://www.financedigest.com/allen-overy-launches-commodity-finance-market-report-2018.html "Allen & Overy launches Commodity Finance Market Report 2018")


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