2023-07-05 12:56:26
Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis. Sebastien SORIANO/Le Figaro
INTERVIEW – The boss of Stellantis considers it impossible to profitably produce small electric cars in France. A plea of inadmissibility addressed to the executive, who hoped to see him relocate the production of the e208.
The boss of Stellar describes the “brutality” of the competition which is announced with the Chinese manufacturers on the electric car. And asks France to let its company make its own industrial choices “reasonable and reasoned”.
LE FIGARO. – Switch to electric, irruption of Chinese manufacturers on a global scale, return of industrial policy in Europe and the United States… How to describe the changes facing the automotive sector?
Carlos TAVARES. – “Brutality” is the right word to describe the amplitude of the change that is imposed on us in a very limited space-time. The industry must move from a technology that has been optimized, honed, for more than a century to a technology that is still in its infancy. Two weeks ago, with our engineers, we devoted a seminar to dismantling half a dozen electric cars that are on the market today. Conclusion: the technology is not complete. Nothing is optimized…
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