Earlier this week, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares took the stage on the Bernstein investor convention and threw down the gauntlet.
Tavares, who oversees corporations like Fiat, Chrysler, Dodge, Ram, and, most significantly, Jeep, mentioned the launch of the brand new all-electric Jeep Wagoneer S would sign the beginning of an EV “offensive” that will take the US by storm, based on a number of studies. And a part of that offensive would come with a extra reasonably priced electrical Jeep, priced someplace within the vary of $25,000.
For Jeep CEO Antonio Filosa, the announcement from his boss got here as a little bit of a shock.
“It’s a giant problem,” Filosa mentioned Thursday, hours after unveiling the Wagoneer S in New York Metropolis. “And sudden.”
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