Ford to Build New Partly Electric Car at Spanish Plant From 2027

Ford currently assembles its Kuga SUV at the plant, which employs 4,800 people ( Reuters)
Ford currently assembles its Kuga SUV at the plant, which employs 4,800 people ( Reuters)
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Ford to Build New Partly Electric Car at Spanish Plant From 2027

Ford currently assembles its Kuga SUV at the plant, which employs 4,800 people ( Reuters)
Ford currently assembles its Kuga SUV at the plant, which employs 4,800 people ( Reuters)

US automaker Ford plans to start production of a new partly electric car at its plant in the Valencia region of Spain starting in 2027, a company spokesperson said on Friday.

Ford had said in March that it was considering making a new, multi-energy passenger car at its Valencia plant, Reuters reported.

Spain's Industry Ministry said the carmaker aimed to produce 300,000 units of the new vehicle annually. "It is a model that will guarantee the workload for this factory and prepare it for the future," the ministry said in a statement.

Ford currently assembles its Kuga SUV at the plant, which employs 4,800 people, after cutting back output of other models in recent years.

The Ford Spain spokesperson said the new car will be assembled for markets in Europe and elsewhere.



Nissan Considers Foxconn EV Output to Save Oppama from Closure, Nikkei Says

A flag flutters at Nissan Motor's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Tokyo, Japan May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
A flag flutters at Nissan Motor's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Tokyo, Japan May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
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Nissan Considers Foxconn EV Output to Save Oppama from Closure, Nikkei Says

A flag flutters at Nissan Motor's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Tokyo, Japan May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
A flag flutters at Nissan Motor's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Tokyo, Japan May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

Nissan Motor is in discussions with Taiwan's Foxconn over electric vehicle collaboration that could save its Oppama plant in Japan from closure, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday, citing an unidentified Nissan source.

Nissan's Oppama plant, which employs about 3,900 workers, has been a potential consolidation target in the struggling Japanese carmaker's restructuring plans, but the idea of producing Foxconn-brand EVs at its idle assembly lines could preserve jobs and supplier networks, the Nikkei said, Reutrers reported.

A statement from Nissan said the report was not based on information released by the company itself. A Foxconn spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In May Nissan's junior partner Mitsubishi Motors signed a memorandum of understanding with a Foxconn subsidiary to supply Mitsubishi with an EV model.