Chery has started vehicle production at its Barcelona site
- Chinese carmaker Chery has started vehicle production at the Barcelona plant, a former Ebro and then Nissan plant (until 2021). The plant had started producing electric motorcycles under the Silence brand, but the current owner of the Plant, EV Motors, looking for a new partner to produce electric vehicles, signed an agreement with Chery in April 2024 for the establishment of a joint venture allowing the production of Chery models at the Barcelona plant by EV Motors.
- The first models came out of the plant in December 2024 under the Ebro brand, known in Spain for many decades. These are the S700 and S800 SUVs, simply Chery Tiggo 7 and Tiggo 8 rebranded models. The Ebro S700 SUV is 4.52 m long and its engine is a 147 hp 1.6 petrol engine. The Ebro S800 SUV has a family resemblance to the S700 but is 4.72 m long while its engine is the same as the S700. Both models can, however, be delivered with a plug-in hybrid powertrain. These two models are starting to be sold in Spain before being sold throughout Europe. Ebro expects to sell 25,000 units of these two models by 2025.
- Another SUV has come out of the Barcelona plant under the Omoda brand (from the Chery group) which is already enjoying some success in Spain, with 7,781 sales in this country in 2024 and 1,819 units in the first two months of 2025 (a rate of 11,000 sales over one year). And this model is exported well outside of Spain since it has been sold (6,567 units in 2024 and 2,416 units in the first two months of 2025 (a rate of 14,000 sales over one year). We can therefore expect a production of 25,000 Omoda 5 in 2025 which will be added to the 25,000 Ebro S700/S800.