Link EV will build an electric vehicle plant in Puebla; will invest 256 million dollars

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The Link EV Electric Vehicles company announced that it will invest more than 256 million dollars to install an electric vehicle assembly plant in Ciudad Modelo, Puebla, with which they seek to trigger a new electromobility industry.

This plant will be the company's first on the American continent. Its construction is expected to start in July of this year to start operations from the first months of 2023 , generating 400 direct jobs and 1,250 indirect jobs. Also, in less than 12 months the first units will come out. 

The last-mile vehicles that will be produced will be seven meters with a capacity of 3.5 tons, while the passenger vehicles will have an extension of 6.5 and 8.5 meters.

Link EV arises from the union between the North American electric mobility solutions company Citizens Resources, the Chinese company EV Dynamics, which is dedicated to manufacturing electric vehicles, and the Spanish firm QEV Technologies, specialized in electric mobility.

Sergio de la Vega, president of Citizens Resources-Link EV, highlighted that the company sought to reach Mexico for its strength in the automotive sector and, in the particular case of Puebla, for its local supply chain and supplier. 

“Puebla is one of the best places for this, we have one more thing that I want to add, if you want to manufacture vehicles for sustainable production, you have to be sustainable in everything, that is, in the way of manufacturing and Puebla offers one of the best places to do this, which is Ciudad Modelo”, he commented.

 

PRODUCTION STAGES

The president of Citizens Resources-Link EV explained that the first phase will have four production lines that will assemble vans, as well as trucks and that the goal is for each one to assemble one vehicle per day to achieve 1,400 per year, while in stage two and three, it plans to manufacture up to 10,000 units per year.

“We have a phase two and a phase three that are planned for three and five years , but we believe that with the dynamics of the market it can be done much faster; the idea is to produce up to 10,000 vehicles a year”.

De la Vega highlighted that the estimate of vehicles that are susceptible to replacement with the current technology of internal combustion to electric mobility in the continent is 148 million units.

 

HUMAN TALENT

The president of Citizens Resources-Link EV said that the manufacture of electric vehicles is a new industry, with new technology, which will give them the opportunity to integrate young people fresh out of university, but with quality and a desire to work.

"Our production plant is going to have a lot of people for whom it will be their first job opportunity."

For her part, Olivia Salomón, head of the Ministry of Economy , confirmed that at the same time that the company will be installed, it will start a recruitment program, as well as training with young people who graduated from the technological universities of the San José Chiapa region. , Lara Grajales and municipalities surrounding Ciudad Modelo. In addition to offering vacancies to people who live in this region.

Finally, Governor Miguel Barbosa said that with this plant there will be a great economic benefit for the entity and that it will trigger a new electromobility industry in Puebla. 

“This investment is necessary to reactivate the territory after two years of the pandemic. It will be the door for more investments to arrive. This tells us that a whole revolution of things is coming and that it is good that this plant is anchored in Puebla because many things will come from this plant, an economy will be deployed,” he concluded.