While electric cars are already skating, Electric Vans also sells very badly, alerted this Wednesday, July 2, the European chief of the Stellantis group, asking Europe to soften its vegetable objectives.
“We are a few months after a drama,” said Jean-Philippe Dopaato, stirring the spectrum of sites of sites during a visit to the factory of his group in Hordain (North).
Stellantis says that it runs the risk of obtaining 2.6 billion euros at the end of three years, at the end of 2027, if the market remains at its current level of 9% of electrical services. The objective established by Europe is around 24% in 2027, according to Stellantis.
“If I pay this penalty, I crashed the factories, it is written,” because it will finally have to limit the production of diesel vehicles, explained Jean-Philippe Doparato.
Old Wolf of the automotive industry, former leader of Peugeot and Alfa Romeo, Jean-Philippe, follows the passage of John Elkann and Luca de Meo: In early May, the president of Stellantis and the head of Renault asked the EU to simplify their regulation, believing that they threaten their production in the European soil in the middle ground.
Demand remains “strong” for public services
Europe has already taken a step towards the industry by giving manufacturers a period to achieve their electrification objectives more gradually, to avoid fines in 2025.
In the Hordain factory, 2,600 employees make hundreds of small public service companies every day of a unique base for group brands, Citroën, Peugeot, Fiat or Opel, but also for Toyota.
The demand remains “strong” for these very profitable vehicles according to the group and Hordain is now running in three teams with Saturdays worked during periods of strong activity.
The other groups of the group’s public services are in Atessa (Italy), Vigo (Spain), Port Ill (United Kingdom, but concerned about their own CO2 objectives), Rüsselsheim (Germany) and Gliwice (Poland).
The delay of the electric trucks
The European Commission established an ambitious 100% electric sales target in 2035 for new cars, but also for professionals. Gourmet in Diesel, these represent 3% of European CO2 emissions.
Electrical and rechargeable hybrid profits experienced a strong increase in the first quarter (+32.6%) in Europe, according to the Association of European Manufacturers (ACEA). But these sales remain limited and the delay seems difficult to catch up: these models represented only 8.7% of European sales in the first quarter.
For acea, “the truck segment is in an even more difficult situation than that of cars.”
Professionals, especially SMEs, hesitate to take the step. Economic uncertainties have generally depressed the public services market (-12.2% for a year in the first quarter), electrical models remain loved to buy even if they are quickly profitable and bonuses for purchase are unstable.
Request for a new generation breakage bonus
Jean-philippe imparato does not question the deadline of 2035, but notably wishes to regroup the accounting of CO2 of cars and public services, so that they compensate. It also requires a new generation scrap bonus, which would reward manufacturers to replace vehicles over 10 years with a new and less polluting vehicle, even if it is not electric.
Who will continue Stellantis in his battle? Jean-philippe imparato already brought it on Tuesday before the Italian Parliament, where he claims to have support. Renault, No. 2 of the European Public Services market, did not take a position. But a senior official recognized at the end of 2024 that the electrification objectives were unattainable.
When asked Wednesday, a Mercedes spokesman emphasized that the German brand continued “supporting the objective of an ambitious ascent in electric cars.”
For the acea, which brings together all manufacturers, “the EU must be much more ambitious to strengthen recharge infrastructure, incitement programs and the lowest energy prices, in the event that this crucial sector is even more delay in the transition,” said an AFP spokesman on Wednesday, without asking for a supergaul of the system.
Source: BFM TV
