Stellantis Pushes for More Pollution & Climate Idiocy in EU - CleanTechnica

The article criticizes Stellantis, a major multinational automaker, for lobbying to weaken the European Union’s stringent vehicle emissions regulations set to take effect in about a decade. Despite clear evidence of growing electric vehicle (EV) adoption worldwide—highlighted by Tesla’s success with the Model 3 and Model Y, Norway’s near 100% EV adoption, and China’s over 50% plugin vehicle market share—Stellantis and some European governments, notably Germany and Italy, are pushing to soften these climate policies. Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa and Chairman John Elkann argue that strict emissions rules threaten the European auto industry's growth and could lead to its “irreversible decline,” framing the issue as a need to protect legacy automakers rather than embracing innovation. The article strongly rejects Stellantis’s position, labeling it as regressive and disconnected from climate science and public health imperatives. It suggests that Stellantis’s difficulties in producing competitive EVs reflect leadership and innovation failures rather than a flaw in policy