Cupra confirms the start of production of the Raval at the end of 2025 in Martorell

At an event held on the site where the new battery pack assembly plant will be built in Martorell, Wayne Griffiths, the current head of Seat, and Cupra have officially confirmed it. The Cupra Raval will be the first electric model in the Group Volkswagen lineup in this segment to enter production, and it will soon be followed by several more models from the group’s various brands.

The Cupra Raval will enter production at the Barcelona-area Martorell plant, if everything goes according to plan, at the end of 2025. Just a few months later, it will be the turn of the Volkswagen ID.2, which will roll off the assembly line at this same plant. These two will, however, be the only electric models in this segment from the Group Volkswagen produced in Spain. An electric SUV based on the ID.2, which may end up being named ID.2X, along with the Skoda Epiq, will be produced at the Volkswagen plant in Navarre.

It was in July 2023 that the Group Volkswagen announced its intention to build new facilities for assembling battery packs at the Martorell plant. To carry out this project, the company planned a total investment of 300 million euros. We now know that this battery assembly plant will finally be built right next to hall number 10, which is where production of both the Raval and the Volkswagen ID.2 will take place.

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The company has revealed some other interesting details, such as the initial capacity will reach 1,400 battery packs assembled per day. To make this possible, Volkswagen is already building an additional new plant in Sagunto dedicated to producing the cells that will later be integrated into these battery packs at the new Martorell facilities.

Building the battery pack assembly plant in facilities adjacent to hall 10 will also allow these packs to be transported by a conveyor belt, so they can be integrated into the new Raval and ID.2 units that will leave the line.

“Three years ago we promised to electrify SEAT and bring the transition to electric mobility to Spain. Throughout this time we have been working very hard to achieve this goal. The new battery assembly plant that will be built here is the best proof of that. We are keeping our promises with our investments and with the future production of several electric models, reconfiguring the Martorell plant for this purpose. Our commitment to electrification and decarbonisation is unquestionable, and now we need that same commitment from the Government of Spain.”