“Tavares wants us to pay the bill for the electric car”

We had already let you listen to the speech that Carlo Calenda gave in Parliament in front of Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, who appeared before the Commission to tell the obvious about the extra …

"Tavares wants us to pay the bill for the electric car"

We had already let you listen to the speech that Carlo Calenda gave in Parliament in front of Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, who appeared before the Commission to tell the obvious about the extra costs of electric cars and to ask for further state incentives. Well. Today the leader of Azione, who has worked in the automotive sector and has been dealing with the former Fiat affair with full knowledge of the facts for some time, has made another attack against the Elkann company.

Stellantis stops the factories

Asking for incentives from a country that has already invested a lot in the sector, especially in favor of Fiat, is really too much. Especially if the company then threatens another mass of layoffs. And if, today’s news, he doesn’t think twice about suspending production again in other factories (Pomegliano d’Arco, Termoli and Pratola Serra). “These measures are necessary to adapt production to current market conditions and to ensure efficient management of resources,” Stellantis said in a statement. The Panda lines, the Fire line and the GME/GSE/V6 line will remain closed. “Stellantis – explains the note – is facing a particularly complex moment in the transition process due to the lack of orders linked to the trend of the electrified vehicle market in Europewhich is putting all producers in difficulty, especially European ones. We are determined to guarantee the continuity of our plants and activities in this complicated moment and we continue to support all our colleagues in this phase.”

Calenda’s lunge

Translated: no one wants electric ones, so let’s stop production, but let’s not back down on the green follies and in the meantime ask for incentives from the State. Easy. “These are the balls that Tavares has told in the last two years – said Calenda – What he says is simple, ‘we make expensive electric cars, you will have to make the difference’, which means the State and therefore the Italian citizens. But the State has already done it: it has gone further 13 thousand euros per car. We said ‘without commitments, not even a euro’”.

The fact that the automotive sector is doing badly throughout Europe, the Action leader reasons, “does not absolve Tavares, because he continued to write checks to him and to the shareholders even when this was clear. And then why are other manufacturers telling the EU Commission ‘you were wrong to put pressure on the electric because there is no market’, while he continues to say ‘the market is fine, you just have to put in more state incentives’”. It’s too easy to be an entrepreneur with other people’s taxpayers. “This way of calling Italians balls doesn’t work,” added Calenda, “Tavares wants us to pay the electricity bill”. Even on duties, Stellantis plays “dirty”: Tavares is against it, yes, but according to the Action leader for a very clear reason. “Because an acquisition was made in China”, therefore it risks losing us. Anyway, “those who take it in the pocket are the workers and those who pay taxes”.

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