Peugeot Spain’s co-general manager Antonio Gonzalez has asked Spain’s government to step up initiatives to develop the country’s electric car market, just as it moves to award a new undisclosed electric model to its main Vigo site.
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An official for the French giant confirmed Gonzalez’s comments to local press that the state must do more to develop the nation’s charging and other infrastructure to meet rising demand.
“We are completely committed to developoing the market and I think that if the administration shows a more clear support so will many other manufacturers,” he said.
Gonzalez’s comments came during an industry forum in Seville in which the southern Spanish city announced plans to install new charging points called ‘Movele’ as well as other initiatives to promote battery powered cars.
Spain’s government recently announced plans to fork out EUR168m next year to help subsidise electric car sales. Some EUR80m is slated to go to subsidise EV sales while another EUR70m will be earmarked to develop the recharging network, which is farily inexistent. Another EUR17.5m will be spent on marketing initiatives.
The maximum purchase subsidy will be EUR6,000 per vehicle.
Under the electric car strategy (Estrategia Integral para el Impulso del Vehiculo Electrico), Spain aims to have 250,000 battery powered and hybrid vehicles by 2014.
