MADRID : Spain's auto industry is in dire need of an overhaul to catch up with European peers and speed up its electrification process as automakers struggle to recover from a pandemic-induced slump, the country's biggest manufacturers' lobby said on Tuesday.
"We cannot waste any more time," Wayne Griffiths, the head of the lobbying group ANFAC and chief executive of Volkswagen's Spanish unit SEAT, said while presenting the group's roadmap until 2025. Among the challenges the country's industry faces are weaker-than-expected electric vehicle sales, an ageing car fleet - which is stymieing emission reduction and safety goals - and a still-lacking charging infrastructure for EVs, Griffiths said.
"Europe is splitting in two, and Spain is falling further and further behind leading countries" such as Germany or Portugal, Griffiths said.
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