Seat will launch a compact electric car on the market in 2025. The car is one step below the electric Born on the menu and is part of an extensive future plan called Future Fast Forward.
Earlier today it was announced that Cupra is taking the Tavascan into production. That electric SUV will be on the market in 2024, but that is not the only news from the Spanish front. Seat presents its Future Fast Forward plan. From 2025, Seat in Barcelona wants to produce 500,000 electric ‘city cars’ annually.
Seat is already showing a sketch of its upcoming electric model. The lines of the car are in a way similar to that of the Ibiza. According to Seat, the electric newcomer, of which it has not yet released a name, falls in the price range of € 20,000 to € 25,000. More interesting news: Seat takes the lead within the Volkswagen Group in the development of the electric compact hatchback. You can safely say that Volkswagen and Skoda will eventually come with compact EVs derived from the electric Seat.
More Seat news will follow later this year. Both the Arona and the Ibiza will soon undergo. The Seat news is more than welcome by the way. The company recorded a negative operating result of 418 million euros last year. The brand also sold 25 percent fewer cars in 2020 with 425,000 units than in 2019. According to Seat, the corona situation is the basis for the negative figures. Up to and including 2025, Seat will be pumping out around € 5 billion in investments.