The Minister of Industry and Tourism, Jordi Hereu, announced today during his speech at the event “European Funds V: Towards strategic autonomy” organized by elDiario.es, the latest provisional awards of the PERTE VEC III with 31 new projects of 22 companies in line B linked to the industrial value chain of the electric vehicle. In total, 148.9 million euros are approved in grant and more than 67 million euros in loans.
Benteler Automotive Vigo (Pontevedra) with 1.95 million euros; Volkswagen Navarra (Pamplona) with 3.55 million euros; Spool Sistemas (Guipuzcoa) with 895.170 euros; Rovalma (Barcelona) with 4.36 million euros; Exide Technologies (Ciudad Real) with 11.51 million euros; Yuneng International Spain (Badajoz) with 23.40 million euros; Desay Spain SL (Barcelona) with 4.73 million euros
The objective of this line is to promote investment plans for the industrial value chain of the electric and connected vehicle, its systems, subsystems and components, as well as certain auxiliary infrastructure systems necessary for its deployment.
During his speech, Minister Hereu said that his department has already paid more than 5.742 billion euros from the European funds it manages. And it has specified that the Ministry of Industry and Tourism has already awarded through the industrial PERTES more than 3.2 billion euros for these strategic projects, which are consolidating that Spain becomes a leading industrial hub in Europe.
Hereu reiterated the government’s commitment to electric mobility and added that the automotive sector knows that subsidies for the acquisition of electrified vehicles will be recovered.
Regarding tourism, the minister has assured that European funds are arriving and are serving to renew the tourist offer in Spain. Finally, he defended the expansion of El Prat airport in a project that combines growth with sustainability and efficiency.