Stellantis has introduced plans to rejoin the European Car Producers Affiliation (ACEA).
The transfer follows laborious on the departure of Carlos Tavares this month in an enormous board room bust-up over profitability, gross sales volumes and technique. Tavares had left ACEA
It stated it was becoming a member of because the European automotive trade confronted a “critical moment”, with a “deep transformation underway” towards net-zero mobility, with new aggressive forces and a fast-changing worldwide setting.
Stellantis appears ahead to partaking with different members of the affiliation and unite behind a typical strategy, which can protect the pursuit of the transition and the sustainability and competitiveness of the automotive trade and the most effective pursuits of its communities.
“Stellantis’ dedication to the electrification transition is deep, leveraging our multi-energy expertise, and we take with quite a lot of duty the challenges confronted by the European automotive trade.
We think about ACEA to be the suitable discussion board to have interaction with our friends and stakeholders and collectively construct a roadmap to assist your complete worth chain,” stated Jean-Philippe Imparato, Stellantis Enlarged Europe COO.
Topic to the approval by the ACEA Board, the membership would change into efficient from January 1, 2025.
