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The carmaker will also spend an additional 6 billion euros in the supply chain, the head of European operations told a group of government experts on Tuesday.
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Stellantis executives presented the outlook for the Italian business weeks after the board forced former CEO Carlos Tavares to resign due to collapsing sales. It is replaced by an executive committee led by Chairman John Elkann until a new CEO is named.
Stellarthe world’s fourth largest automobile manufacturer, was born from the merger, in 2021, of Fiat Chrysler and of PSA Peugeot. Its tax base is in the Netherlands, but it maintains headquarters in Turin, Paris and Auburn Hills, Michigan.
Jean-Philippe Imparato, European head of Stellantis, told the Ministers of Economy, Labor and Economic Development that Turin would become the headquarters of the manufacturer’s European operations automobile from January, thus responding to a concern of Italian civil servants and unions since the merger, namely that the center of gravity of the automaker had shifted.
In a closed-door meeting, Mr Imparato told ministers that Stellantis’ six car factories in Italy would increase their production from 2026 with the launch of more than a dozen new models until 2032according to the Stellantis press office.
The new models include a new Fiat Pandina city car in Pomigliano d’Arco near Naples from 2028, while Mirafiori in Turin will be the production base for the 500 city car with hybrid and fully electric powertrains. Melfi and Cassino in southern Italy will receive new hybrid vehicles, including a new Jeep Compass and an Alfa Romeo Giulia.
“I will not hide that 2025 will be a difficult yearbut all Italian factories will be active,” Imparato said at a press conference after the meeting, which was also attended by unions, regional officials and industry representatives.
Economic Development Minister Adolfo Urso said one of the reasons for the lull in production was new European regulations that come into force on January 1 and require that a fifth of cars produced be electric vehicles. , under penalty of fines. He called for these rules to be changed.
Italian factories have been subject to short-term layoff programs due to weak sales, particularly of electric vehicles.
While the unions welcomed these announcements, they remain skeptical about their ability to remedy the situation. They said the layoff plans would likely continue into next year.
The conditions are not right to say that we have entered a new phase,” said Rocco Palombella, head of the Uilm union. “Maybe a new phase in industrial relations, but not a new phase guaranteeing the factories, or allowing us to say that the situation will improve from tomorrow.
Additional sources • adaptation: Serge Duchêne
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