The consortium will be open to other members and will help Spain begin local production of electric cars, Maroto told an event organised by the UGT union.
SEAT had previously called such a factory "essential" in the push for domestic production of electric vehicles.
Gadkari's pitch comes weeks after billionaire Elon Musk's Tesla registered a company in India in a step towards entering the country, possibly as soon as mid-2021.
Rather than assembling (the cars) in India they should make the entire product in the country by hiring local vendors.
Pakistan's Daewoo Express Pakistan, China's Skywell Automobiles and Sweden's Hitachi ABB Power Grids signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday to revolutionize Pakistan's transport sector.
The deal, codenamed "Project PEAR" (Personal Electric Automotive Revolution), is looking at markets globally, including North America, Europe, China and India, Fisker said.
Foxconn aims to provide components or services to 10% of the world's EVs by 2025 to 2027, Chairman Liu Young-way said in October.
Workhorse intends to explore all avenues that are available to non-awarded finalists in a government bidding process.
The contract, which could be worth more than $6 billion in total, allows for delivery of between 50,000 and 165,000 of the vehicles over 10 years that will be a mix of combustion-powered and electric vehicles.
Geely Automobiles and Volvo Cars that they would perserve with their existing separate corporate structures after "a detailed review of combination options".
The new entity, expected to become operational this year, will provide engines, transmissions systems and petrol-electric hybrid systems for use by both companies as well as other automakers.
Hyundai Motor has announced that it will be recalling about 82,000 electric vehicles globally due to fire risks and will be replacing their battery systems.
Granholm led a charge to secure $1.35 billion in federal funding for companies to produce electric vehicles (EVs) and batteries in the state.
We need to be the leader, rather than passive bystanders, or otherwise we're going to allow other countries like China and others we're fighting to be able to corner this market.
Tesla's rivals and Chinese partners of General Motors, Toyota and Honda also follow NIO's lead to develop cutting-edge batteries that can allow automobiles to achieve the 1000km driving range on a single charge.
Moreover, removal of Sales Tax on locally manufactured phones was also approved in principle and modalities would be worked out in consultation with the Finance Division.
At the same time, Diess dropped his demand for an early extension of his contract, which runs until 2023, according to people close to the supervisory board.
