The Renault Group has made an important announcement for the Spanish automotive industry. Renault will manufacture all the gearboxes for its hybrid cars in Spain. The DB35 gearbox will be produced at the company’s facilities in Seville.
The Spanish automotive industry has just received very good news. The Renault Group has confirmed a new award for one of the production centers it has in our territory. The gearboxes of Renault’s hybrid cars will be manufactured in Spain. And more specifically in the facilities that the company has in Seville, Andalusia.
Renault has announced the award of the DB35 gearbox to the Seville plant. A transmission that will be added to the two gearboxes awarded in March 2021. Thanks to this award, the Seville “Refactory” will become a global production center for Group Renault hybrid gearboxes.
Renault hybrid cars with gearboxes “Made in Spain”
José Vicente de los Mozos himself, Industrial Director of the Renault Group and President and General Manager of Renault in Spain, has confirmed that it is planned to manufacture all hybrid gearboxes worldwide at the Seville plant. This announcement has been made within the framework of the confirmation that the Seville factory will receive the award of the new DB35 hybrid transmission.
The DB35 gearbox will be intended for the hybrid (HEV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) versions of Renault’s E-Tech range. The Renault Clio, Captur, Mégane and Arkana will be equipped with gearboxes produced in Spain.
This award involves the implementation of a new assembly line for the Seville factory. Serial production of the aforementioned gearbox is expected to start in September 2022. The transmissions manufactured in our “old bull skin” will be exported to other facilities of the Renault Group itself where the aforementioned models are manufactured. Specifically, to the vehicle production centers in Valladolid and Palencia (Spain), Bursa (Turkey) and Busan (South Korea).
The transformation of the Renault factory in Seville
The 4th Industrial Plan of Renault Spain has been key in the process of transforming the plant into the so-called Refactory Seville, which allows second-hand cars to be given a second life. And last but not least, José Vicente de los Mozos has confirmed that these facilities will be ready to generate new jobs from the first quarter of 2023.
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