Stellantis must make at least one
million cars in Italy or another maker is "inevitable" amid
talks with Tesla and three Chinese manufacturers, Business and
Made in Industry Minister Adolfo Urso said Thursday after
Stellantis CEO Carlo Tavares said Wednesday there could be
possible plant closures if the Chinese arrive.
"We are working to enable Stellantis to produce at least one
million vehicles in our country," said Urso in reply to Tavares.
"To support the supply chain system, it is absolutely necessary
to reach 1.4 million vehicles.
"If Stellantis believes it can do so, well and good, otherwise
it is inevitable that there will be room for another car
manufacturer or companies.
"We are a free market and we can and must incentivise Italian or
foreign investment, obviously within the rules of the free
market, and on this we are talking to those who consider
building production plants in Europe."
Urso also slammed Stellantis' plans to make its new Alfa Romeo
Milano in Poland.
"A car called Milan cannot be produced in Poland," he said.
"This is forbidden by the Italian law that defined Italian
Sounding in 2003, a law that states that you must not give
indications that mislead the consumer.
"They would be fallacious indications explicitly linked to
geographical indications.
"So a car called Milano must be produced in Italy, otherwise you
are giving a fallacious indication that is not allowed by
Italian law," argued Urso.
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