Stellantis Threatens To Exit UK Over 'Unsustainable' EV Sales Targets: 'If This Market Becomes Hostile For Us...'
Stellantis Threatens To Exit UK Over 'Unsustainable' EV Sales Targets: 'If This Market Becomes Hostile For Us...'
Stellantis NV (NYSE:STLA) has issued a warning to the UK government, stating that it will cease vehicle production in the country if the government does not relax its electric vehicle (EV) sales targets.
Stellantis NV（紐交所:STLA）已向英國政府發出警告，稱如果政府不放鬆其電動車（EV）銷售目標，該公司將停止在英國生產汽車。
What Happened: Stellantis, which makes electric vans across brands like Vauxhall, Citroën, Peugeot, Opel, and Fiat, has invested £100 million ($127 million) to convert its Ellesmere Port factory into an electric-only plant.
發動機製造商Stellantis在各品牌（如沃克斯豪爾，雪鐵龍，標緻，歐寶和菲亞特）製造電動麪包車，已投資1億英鎊（1.27億美元）將其埃萊斯梅爾工廠改造爲純電力工廠。
The company has also expressed concerns about the UK's EV sales targets, which require 22% of new cars to be zero-emission vehicles this year, increasing to 80% by 2030, reported Bloomberg.
該公司還表示對英國的電動汽車銷售目標感到擔憂，這些目標要求今年新汽車銷售量的22％爲零排放汽車，到2030年將增加到80％。 據彭博報道。
Stellantis' UK managing director, Maria Grazia Davino, stated that the current targets are "unsustainable" and could force the company to offer discounts to sell more EVs, potentially leading to a loss of £15,000 per vehicle.
Stellantis的英國總經理Maria Grazia Davino表示，目前的目標是“不可持續的”，可能會迫使公司提供折扣以銷售更多的電動汽車，可能導致每輛車損失15,000英鎊。
"If this market becomes hostile for us we will enter an evaluation of producing elsewhere," Davino said.
“如果這個市場對我們變得敵對，我們將評估在其他地方生產”，Davino說。
Ahead of the upcoming general election on July 4, both the Conservative and Labour parties have indicated that they will maintain the existing EV sales targets.
在7月4日即將舉行的大選之前，保守黨和工黨都表示要保持現有的電動汽車銷售目標。
Why It Matters: This threat from Stellantis comes at a time when the global automotive industry is undergoing a significant shift towards electric vehicles.
Stellantis的威脅出現在全球汽車行業迎來重大轉型向電動汽車的時刻。
Back in 2021, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares voiced concerns about the challenges faced by automotive companies in adapting to the changing times, stating that they were "forced" to invest in new plants and higher production costs for electric vehicles.
早在2021年，Stellantis首席執行官Carlos Tavares就聲稱，汽車公司在適應變化的時候面臨的挑戰是“被迫”爲電動汽車投資新工廠和更高的生產成本。
Stellantis has been actively working to expand its electric vehicle offerings, with plans to introduce a $25,000 electric Jeep in the US to counter the Chinese EV threat.
Stellantis一直在積極擴大其電動汽車業務，計劃推出一款售價爲25,000美元的Jeep電動車以抵禦中國電動汽車的威脅。
However, the company has also faced setbacks, such as a recent recall of over a million vehicles in the US due to rearview camera display issues.
然而，該公司也面臨着挫敗，例如最近因後視攝像頭顯示問題在美國召回超過一百萬輛車。
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