Wallbox can become a key piece in the promotion of electric cars. And that is what he has shown in recent years. However, at the beginning of the year he announced the dismissal of 15% of the workforce and launched a cutback plan with the aim of saving 50 million euros . "A large part of the sales in our sector are chargers for home use, something that depends a lot on the evolution of electric vehicle sales. In November, we began to see that electric car registrations were not following the pace we expected and the market," explains Enric Asunción, CEO of Wallbox, in an interview with Cinco Días . As Asunción highlights, the forecasts for 2023 are that only 3 million electric cars will be sold , which made them implement a plan that would allow them to adjust their expenses. "We made a great effort to reduce the company's operational costs, with more than 25 million, but, even so, it was necessary to make cuts in the personnel structure.
Part of the problem of this type of companies is the delay that exists in Spain when installing charging points . In fact, our country does not have 19,000 public chargers , and most of them are slow charging. This is something that hurts sales of electric vehicles. "We have a company called Electromaps , which is the leading app in Spain and southern Europe in public Country Email List charging. The key is that it also allows you to pay and conveniently access charging. The great challenge and what we have to solve "is that isolated networks are not created, that a different app is not needed for each charger. It must be a requirement that when a public charger is installed, that it be interoperable with any manufacturer's app." 5 telltale signs that your relationship is bad for your health, even if you rarely fight This lack of sales of electric cars in Spain is something that is also reflected in Wallbox's business.
The company assures that our country accounts for only 10% of its income, while the US is its main market. However, Enric Asunción does not believe that the delay in the implementation of electric cars is something exclusive to Spain. He claims that Europe in general is far behind China and the US . "I think that Europe, compared to the bet that the US and China are making, is lagging behind. We have the technology, the manufacturers, but more is needed, for Europe to support this from the point of view of the consumer and the manufacturer to lead in electric vehicle. At the moment, it is not up to par ." At the moment, the company's main sales, 80% of its income, are based on sales of chargers for private charging at home. This is something they hope to change in the medium term. " We hope that in a couple of years public charging will become almost 40% of sales.