MADRID — Spanish authorities have chosen native automotive group QEV Applied sciences as lead candidate to take over Nissan’s predominant plant in Barcelona after Chinese language carmaker Nice Wall Motor withdrew its curiosity, Nissan stated.

Catalonia-based engineering group QEV plans to show the ability right into a hub for electrical autos, together with participation from Swedish producers Inzile and Volta.

Spain is dashing to discover a purchaser for the plant, which Nissan will vacate on the finish of the yr. Nice Wall had been slated to take it over however pulled out this month.

A fee comprising Spanish and Catalan politicians, union representatives and Nissan executives has been assembly recurrently to judge varied proposals for the plant.

“The partipants … have backed the final strains for the electromobility hub plan led by QEV Applied sciences,” Nissan stated in an announcement on Wednesday. “The hub meets all of the set aims.”

Additional talks will give attention to the concrete necessities of the plant by way of area and belongings and to find out whether or not different complementary tasks may very well be included.

An alternate proposal by Belgian automaker Punch shall be thought-about as a secondary choice, Nissan stated.

Negotiations to promote two smaller Nissan vegetation within the area to QEV and electrical motorcyle maker Silence at the moment are at a really superior stage, the Japanese automaker stated.