Filed by Wallbox B.V.
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Subject Company: Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. II
Commission File No. 001-40114
Date: September 1, 2021
WALLBOX TO ESTABLISH ITS FIRST U.S. EV CHARGING SYSTEMS MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS
Global EV Charging Solutions Leader Commits to U.S.-Based Production to Further Support Domestic Sustainability and Infrastructure Goals
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA / ARLINGTON, TX September 1, 2021 Wallbox, a leading provider of electric
vehicle (EV) charging solutions, today announced the selection of Arlington, Texas as the location of its first U.S. manufacturing facility. The 130,000 square foot high-tech plant will have enough capacity to fully support Wallboxs expansion
plans in North America for the next decade. Production is expected to start as early as June 2022 with production lines for Wallboxs Pulsar Plus AC chargers; lines for Quasar, its DC bidirectional charger, and Supernova, its DC fast charger
for public use, are anticipated to follow in the first half of 2023. Wallbox expects to manufacture a total of 290,000 units annually in this facility by 2027 and reach its full capacity of 500,000 units by 2030.
The Arlington facility will be Wallboxs fourth manufacturing site, additive to two facilities in Europe and one in China. A global company with a
presence in 68 countries, Wallbox operates with a vertically integrated supply chain and does its product manufacturing in-house from design to production. The U.S.-based facility will play a vital role in
expanding the companys presence in North America, a market that is making a big push into automotive electrification with the Biden Administration targeting 50% of all new car sales to be electric by 2030. The new facility is anticipated to
create approximately 250 direct jobs in the region by 2030, with local hiring for the facility to begin immediately and on-site retooling beginning in October of this year.
The U.S. automotive and energy markets are at an inflection point. Automotive electrification will accelerate significantly due to initiatives aimed at
meeting aggressive greenhouse gas emission targets, which will significantly increase the demand for our EV charging and energy management solutions, said Enric Asunción, Co-Founder and Chief
Executive Officer of Wallbox. This new factory will be an instrumental step in our expansion in the North American market, enabling us not only to meet the growing demand, but also to accelerate the launch of new products and enter the
business and public EV charging segments as we bring our production stateside.
Wallbox made the strategic decision to select Arlington, Texas as
the location of its first North American Manufacturing hub for a variety of factors including the citys position as a central transit hub between the East and West coasts, its access to cross-country highway corridors and central location to
other major cities in the region including Dallas and Fort Worth.