PARIS — The European Union’s proposed 2035 ban on fossil-fuel cars should be renegotiated to give hybrid models a greater role in the transition to zero-emission vehicles, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said.
“It’s essential,” Tavares said during a news conference at the Paris auto show, when asked if talks on the ban were needed.
“The dogmatic decision that was taken to ban the sale of thermal vehicles in 2035 has social consequences that are not manageable.”
Tavares’ comments come as the EU is currently finalizing a package of climate proposals, which currently includes an effective ban on the sale of new fossil-fuel vehicles from 2035.
Under the EU’s proposals, plug-in hybrids would only count as low-emission vehicles until 2030.
Tavares said forcing a transition to electric vehicles (EVs), which are more expensive than fossil-fuel or hybrid equivalents, will make car ownership unaffordable for many.
“If you deny the middle classes access to freedom of movement, you are going to have serious social problems,” Tavares said.
Some automakers have embraced hybrids, especially plug-in hybrids, as a bridge technology to get to full-electric vehicles and have argued that after investing billions of euros in the technology they should be allowed to sell them for longer.
“What we have to offer our European leaders is a transitional solution,” Tavares said. With a mild hybrid you can maintain “the affordable size of these vehicles and reduce CO2 emissions by 50 percent,” he added.
Automakers and suppliers have also argued going electric will cost tens of thousands of jobs among workers who make components for or assemble internal combustion engines.
Separately, Tavares said Stellantis is also considering an “asset light” strategy for its Peugeot and Citroen brands in China, where it would import mostly finished vehicles into China rather than produce them at local assembly plants.
The CEO said talks were ongoing with Chinese partner Dongfeng, which could end up where “we do not need a factory in China.”
Stellantis has had problems in China, the world’s largest car market, and has been looking at options to turn around its business. That includes the idea of importing vehicles rather than running underutilized factories at a loss.
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