Europe CEO declares: EV technology is the choice of politicians, not industry, European CEO insists: True for the US?
Ahead of a new strategic plan to be announced on March 1, the CEOs of Jeep, Chrysler and Dodge, parent company Stellantis, aren’t all that optimistic about electric vehicles.
The CEO, Carlos Tavares, calls the rapid change to ban internal combustion vehicles by 2035 a political choice with many environmental and social risks — and he points to the “cruelty” of the change. this change for the company and its large manufacturing footprint.
“What is clear is that electrification is the technology of choice by politicians, not by industry,” Tavares stated in a joint interview with Les Echos, Handelsblatt, Corriere della Sera, and El Mundo, recently quoted by European Automotive News.
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Tavares says mild hybrids would be a cheaper and faster solution to reducing carbon emissions, noting that with Europe’s current energy mix, a car needs to travel 44,000 miles before it can offset its emissions. additional carbon emissions associated with production.
The CEO also claims that a light hybrid vehicle costs half as much as an EV. Last month Tavares said that EVs are 50% more expensive versus internal combustion vehicles, so it’s not clear to us if he’s referring to two different market contexts.
If this is only for politicians, Stellantis went to great lengths to appease them last July, with drives $35 billion worth of EV Days includes four full battery electric vehicle platforms, proprietary support components and an emphasis on two different battery chemistries.
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For the United States, that push will lead to Ram 1500 electric pickup battery and Dodge electric muscle car models, as well as future Jeep EVs — as well as many other potential EVs, including the ability to build production models based on Chrysler Airflow Concept.
Stellantis then said that battery electric plus plug-in hybrids will account for more than 40% of U.S. sales and more than 70% of European sales by 2030 — and that, across its 14 brands, it will deliver battery electric or plug-in hybrid versions of 98% of its models to North America and Europe by 2025.
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Automakers face a number of difficulties over the next few years, most notably related to fragile supply chains and EVs battery costs may increase in 2022.
As Tavares pointed out, Stellantis also faces high production costs in Europe, partly related to exorbitant energy prices.
In any case, the market movement is going well in Europe — more so in the United States. Recently, in December, battery electric vehicle sales top diesel engine sales in Europe for the first time. That was only in December, with diesel still maintaining its year-to-date lead – but seeing the lines intersect is an important milestone.
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By contrast, while the Biden administration has issued stricter regulations on vehicle emissions, which promotes more electric vehicles, it has no mandate in Europe — or the leadership of the states of California and California, which will go a long way toward meeting the current federal fleet-wide requirements. in.
That leaves us wondering if the same could be characterized as the case in the United States. Will politics lead the shift to electric cars? Is the industry itself? Or the customer? And if not now, will the US (or California) really accelerate the transition to electricity? Let us know in your comments section below.
