{"id":18611,"date":"2026-05-07T12:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/18611\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:55:09","slug":"chinas-geely-expands-europe-footprint-with-ford-valencia-plant-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/18611\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s Geely expands Europe footprint with Ford Valencia plant deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Geely has agreed to acquire part of Ford\u2019s Almussafes plant in Valencia, Spain, and plans to produce one of its own models there, with the possibility of manufacturing a Ford vehicle as well, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.just-auto.com\/news\/geely-ford-valencia-plant\/?cf-view\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">JustAuto<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to unnamed industry sources, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/china-s-geely-eyes-us-market-entry-amid-ford-tech-talks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Geely<\/a> has reached an agreement to purchase the Body 3 assembly hall at the Almussafes site.<\/p>\n<p>The reported deal would allow Geely to establish vehicle production operations independently, without sharing a supply chain with Ford.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes after broader negotiations involving Geely over shared vehicle technologies, which Reuters first reported in February.<\/p>\n<p>The Body 3 facility was originally built for production based on Ford\u2019s CD4 platform and previously assembled the Mondeo, Galaxy, and S-Max models after Ford closed its Genk plant in Belgium in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The facility is currently inactive, while Ford\u2019s Kuga model is mainly produced on Body 2 lines at the same plant.<\/p>\n<p>Geely plans to manufacture a multi-energy vehicle internally codenamed \u201c135\u201d in Valencia, using its Global Intelligent Electric Architecture (GEA) modular platform.<\/p>\n<p>The model is expected to be offered in self-charging hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and fully electric versions.<\/p>\n<p>According to the sources, discussions are also ongoing about the potential production of a Ford vehicle based on the same GEA platform.<\/p>\n<p>Geely has already begun contacting suppliers in the Valencia region regarding production of the model, and approval for the project is reportedly at an advanced stage.<\/p>\n<p>La Tribuna de Automoci\u00f3n also noted that the model under consideration could be the Geely EX2, which would be marketed in Europe as the E2.<\/p>\n<p>The compact SUV is 4.13 meters long and is equipped with a 114 hp electric motor and a 39.4 kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery, offering a WLTP range of up to 325 km.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"by-user\" href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/journalists\/nijat-babayev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">By Nijat Babayev<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Geely has agreed to acquire part of Ford\u2019s Almussafes plant in Valencia, Spain, and plans to produce one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[335,66,10249,10248,10118,17,95],"class_list":{"0":"post-18611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-valencia","8":"tag-china","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-ev-sales","11":"tag-ford-plant","12":"tag-geely","13":"tag-spain","14":"tag-valencia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}