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Seat seeks Audi Q4 electric car production for Barcelona from 2032
Seat, Volkswagen’s Spanish subsidiary, is negotiating for its Martorell factory near Barcelona to build the Audi Q4 e-tron electric car.
The model is currently made at Volkswagen’s plant in Zwickau, Germany, whose future is uncertain.
If the plan goes ahead, production in Martorell could begin around 2032.
Seat is also discussing the possibility of making a second large electric model there, but that depends on the talks.
The company and unions want larger vehicles because they can bring in more profit than small cars.
Volkswagen is planning major cuts to its production capacity and vehicle range, and has not guaranteed Seat’s future beyond 2030.
The company is expected to announce a new model assignment next year.
Seat is in talks with Volkswagen about making the Audi Q4 e-tron at its Martorell plant near Barcelona from around 2032.
The electric model is currently made at Volkswagen’s Zwickau factory in Germany, whose future has been questioned.
A decision on a new model assignment is expected to be announced next year.
Seat is also seeking the possibility of a second large electric model for Barcelona, depending on how talks progress.
The proposed models would match Seat management’s and unions’ calls for larger vehicles with higher profit margins.
- Who
- Seat and Volkswagen are discussing a possible production assignment.
- What
- Seat may make the Audi Q4 e-tron at Martorell, and a second large electric model is also possible.
- When
- Production could begin around 2032. An announcement on a new assignment is expected next year.
- Where
- The Martorell plant near Barcelona, Spain.
- Why
- Seat wants an assignment for a large electric model, which could offer higher profit margins; the future of the Q4 e-tron’s current production site is uncertain.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
In the current context, with increasingly demanding regulation, the cost of electrification and the investment needed to develop a new generation of electric models make this analysis of continuing to invest in the Seat brand increasingly complex
Volkswagen said that continuing to invest in the Seat brand was becoming increasingly complex.
Seat’s Spanish management intensified talks with Volkswagen’s leadership about securing a large electric model for Martorell.
An announcement on a new model assignment is expected.
The Audi Q4 e-tron could arrive at the Martorell plant.
- Model under discussion
- Audi Q4 e-tron
- Current production site
- Zwickau, Germany
- Possible new production site
- Martorell, near Barcelona
- Possible start of production
- Around 2032
- Expected assignment announcement
- Next year
- Possible additional assignment
- A second large electric model
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