Carlos Tavares blames the Zaragoza battery plant delay on tariffs

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares announced that the project has been postponed. The construction of a battery factory planted with the Chinese company CATL in the capital of Aragonse debe a los Tariffs applied by the European Union Electric vehicles for “El proyecto está claro desde el lado español y desde el chino”.

“Obviously, the EU's tariffs on its electric cars delayed and hindered the decision, they brought some smoke to the process. But considering that we have achieved the most important thing and the project is clear from the Spanish and the Chinese side, lo que hay es que evitar doubts”, said Carlos Tavares in an interview with “El Mundo”.

The interview stopped the CEO of Stellantis met with the president of the government, Pedro Sánchezen La Moncloa este lunes en la que they treated “mainly in Europe energetic en la que se encuentra de la transition”.. “There is no problem to meet the CO2 target for 2025, which is to stop the inversions of social networks.

En su encuentro con Pedro Sanchez propuso susgerencias para “electrical connections” amplifier in Spain There is another city from Francia and Portugal. Tavares explained that “the acceleration of investments in the center and the reconstruction of infrastructure, que las ayudas se den el momento de la compra y subbenes fiscales a las empresas para que tengan flotas sostenibles”.

“Projects that come in the right direction”

In advance new cars electricity and batteriesTavares adelantó que lo único que podia decir es “que son unos proyectos que van en la dirección correcta”.

En cuanto a la Future factories of Zaragoza batteriesthe director aseguró que el retraso se debe a los aranceles de la European Union y expresó la The importance of European “alignment”.. “The dramatic thing is that you have a significant support, like the car in Germany, and all of a sudden it stops brutally. Then the customers don't go back. If Europe no está alineada, los inversores dudarán,” said the CEO.

“There could be another alternative to lobbying for the CO2 target by 2025,” he concluded. “Today, I only think about my company and fulfill the goals set by the EU. And then you defend yourself with the Chinese or play with them.”China has defended its past criticism of industry and the European Union's decarbonisation strategy.

See Moroccan plants

Tavares alabó el trabajo de las plants en Moroccowhere “son gente muy proactive y orientada a sus negocios” and “no eres víctima de la burocracia como en Europe, que es un gran lío en terminos de regulation”. The director defended: “An important issue: competitive costs that allow the sale of affordable cars.” Madrid plan for Citroën C4 and C4X Citroën C4 and C4X decided: “Es una noticia 100% wrong”.

Electric and hybrid cars

Carlos Tavares, before he could Platform intended for Vehicules electricos onlyconfirmed that “the benefit to the customer is nil”. “What do you get with an electric-only platform? You get seven centimeters for legs under the dashboard, a place you only look when the mobile falls,” replied the director, before criticizing the efficiency of multi-energy platforms like Renault. say Stellantis.

The entrepreneur also admitted that “I would like to settle with the light hybrids that we have for six months”, because “success would be even the mayor”, but “such is life”. “Los customers are excited and have a large order portfolio,” said the CEO, explaining the project. Increase the production of these cars from 600 thousand to 1.2 million.

El futuro de Stellantis

Tavares adelanto que Spain “Ya es el primar producor de vehículos de Stellantis en el mundo”. “There are millions of cars by 2023. These cars will have a very valuable customer base for electric and combustion models.

The CEO will continue until 2026al ser quentado por el futuro de la dirección de la compañía assured that “there are tons of managers who would do a better job than me, dentro y fuera de la empresa. La junta directiva no térara problemas: habrá muchas propuestas”.