The SEAT Leon line at the Martorell plant starts to produce automated ventilators to collaborate with the healthcare system in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Going from producing cars to ventilators in record time is the result of the intense work of many SEAT employees. The project is still in development phase and the ventilators are waiting the final homologation.

The head of Volkswagen Group’s Seat brand, Luca de Meo, is stepping down with immediate effect. De Meo will be replaced by the brand’s finance chief, Carsten Isensee, until further notice, Seat said in a statement on Tuesday.

Volkswagen Group’s Spanish brand, Seat, restarted production on Monday after the automaker was forced to halt output last week amid civil unrest in Barcelona.

Seat představil svou elektrickou strategii, která bude do roku 2021 zahrnovat šest elektrických a plug-in hybridních modelů. Elektrická verze Mii a elektromobil el-Born se stanou prvními elektricky poháněnými modely značky.

With Spain’s media focused on the political crisis over Catalonia, Volkswagen Group’s Spanish division SEAT has decided to delay announcing the name of its forthcoming midsize SUV model.