Ford to build a new battery assembly plant within the Almussafes factory itself

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    "url": "https://www.lasprovincias.es/economia/ford-construira-nueva-planta-ensamblaje-baterias-propia-20261016142535-nt.html",
    "title": "Ford to build a new battery assembly plant within the Almussafes factory itself - Las Provincias",
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    "excerpt": "Javier Gascó Valencia Ford's commitment to producing electric vehicles in Almussafes seems, now indeed, to be serious. As this newspaper has learned, the American multinational will build a new battery assembly plant inside the Ribera factory itself. The operation will be carried out with the objective of expanding the assembly capacity of the current plant, where the battery packs for the Kuga plug-in hybrid models are prepared, with a view to the arrival of new products hand in hand with Geely. This is a project that has been hovering over the Almussafes plant for several years and now, following the signing of the collaboration agreement with Geely, it will become a reality. In 2023, the American company presented this project to the second PERTE for the electric vehicle. That same year, the Ministry of Industry granted Ford aid of 37.6 million euros (out of a financiable budget of 188 million) for a new battery assembly line for 100% electric vehicles. Despite this, a year later the blue oval company decided to renounce the aid after modifying the electrification strategy for the Almussafes plant. For the moment, the company has not revealed further details about this new plant, which could be similar to the one Seat inaugurated last December in Martorell. This is not a project like PowerCo in Sagunto, where the batteries themselves are manufactured, but rather a center to...",
    "summary": "Ford plans to build a new battery assembly plant inside its Almussafes factory.",
    "location": "Almussafes, Spain",
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        "state": "Valencia",
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