good news for dealers. The until today Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism maroto kings opened the door to their inclusion among the beneficiaries of PERTE aid, who were excluded at the beginning, during the closing of the XXXII edition of the Faconauto Congress & Expo held on March 1 and 2 at the Grupo Mutua Auditorium of the Madrid Municipal Palace of Congresses.
Reyes Maroto also highlighted, in the most important automotive event, that “PERTE will benefit dealers by boosting sales and the new associated business models. In addition, the Moves Plan will promote the purchase of electric vehicles and the installation of charging points».
It has also emphasized the importance of physical dealersfor which, he has assured, “We have to keep betting, because are the access door for users to these new electrified vehicles and a major player in the mobility of tomorrow».
In his speech, he also appealed to the compatibility between decarbonization and the Executive’s support for the automotive sector: “This decarbonization has to be done in an orderly manner and the regulations have to be compatible with a necessary investment in the industry”said the head of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, who assured that “If you don’t, the industry is in danger.”
Concrete measures for the automotive industry
For her part, the executive vice president of Faconauto, Marta Blázquez, thanked during her speech all the attendees who have been supporting the sector during the two days of the event and has also taken the opportunity to ask the Executive for specific measures on three transcendental issues in the sector: the increase in the cost of sustainable vehicles inside the market, the aforementioned exclusion of PERTE dealers of the Connected Electric Vehicle and the balance in the relationships between brands and said establishments.
“We were the first who, together with employers and unions, built the strategic plan to emerge stronger from the pandemic”, Blázquez has insisted. In addition, he has pointed out the uncertain context that the sector is experiencing: «The lack of supply caused by the shortage of semiconductors, logistics problems, the war in Ukraine, together with a deep demand crisis, is compounded by the increase in the price of cars, inflation and also great confusion among users who have doubts. on which vehicle option is the most suitable, which is causing weak markets ».
Blázquez underscored Faconauto’s firm commitment to decarbonization and sustainable mobility in the sector, indicating that, at the employers’ association, “we understand decarbonization as the sum of electrification and the rest of the technological solutions that at all times bring us closer to that goal, without despising or penalizing any of them” and has opted for the technological neutrality “to renovate a park that is unsafe and that is condemning many families to a mobility gap that we cannot and do not want to allow«. In the same way, he has stressed the support offered from the employers to the Government to achieve that objective.
1,500 attendees at Faconauto
The executive vice president of Faconauto also thanked the 1,500 professionals present in the auditorium in the XXXII edition of the Congress & Expo Faconauto: “We trust that all the content, the presentations that we have been able to enjoy in the different workshops, have served to reflect on good practices and lines of action to implement starting tomorrow in your companies and dealers”has indicated to the attendees.
“That is the maximum objective that we have focused on since the first day that we set to work in Congress. But Faconauto is much more than this annual event, fundamentally, it is the voice of that part of the economy that is committed to the environment, as well as to the economy and employment». concluded Marta Blázquez.
In the closing also participated José Vicente de los Mozos, president of Ifema Madridwho assured that “dealers have to transform to lead mobility”and has appealed to the need to remove old vehicles from the roads to achieve decarbonisation targets.
