Stellantis has raised the alarm in the last few hours. This is what worries the automotive group that owns Fiat
You can’t say that Stellantis have experienced monotonous months. The automotive group, one of the most important in the world, found itself having to deal with a series of very thorny situations.
From the management of the Italian production plants, which are extremely difficult, to the tensions with the government regarding the future production of cars in our territory. In short, Stellantis has been, to say the least, the center of attention at the beginning of 2024.
Stellantis made headlines this time, raising a significant alarm regarding the future of the entire automotive industry. The issue is truly delicate, so much so that it also affects European governments. But what is it?
Stellantis raises the alarm: the request
Stellantis raises the alarm, we were saying. And in particular he did it Carlos Tavares, CEO of the group. During the Bernstein 40th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference in Austria, the executive focused on electric cars and complex situation of the transition of the automotive sector towards the new motorisation.
One of the topics on which Tavares focused most is that of the link between companies and governments, inviting them to actively contribute to making electric technology more accessible: “We need incentives. If governments in Germany, Italy or other countries do not provide incentives or stop providing them, demand collapses“.
In short, according to Tavares, it all depends on governments and the support they give to potential customers. Only in this way will it be possible to make full electric cars truly accessible. The manager also mentioned Germany, a state in which car incentives were removed last December. In fact, on German soil, there has been a real collapse in demand for BEV cars.
Tavares continued his analysis: “Consumers are sending a clear message, the correlation between orders and incentives is evident“. A speech that the Stellantis manager may be biased but supported by concrete data. If in Germany, without incentives, the electric market collapsed, in France, in a diametrically opposite situation and in the midst of the bonus phase, the electric sector has undergone a decisive surge. We will now see what will happen in Italy with access to the ecobonus starting from Monday 3 June.
