Stellantis is on a roll in Europe when it comes to electric vehicle sales, with the Franco-Italo-American group overtaking Tesla in the first half of the year and closing in on Volkswagen Group. The automotive group born from the merger of France’s PSA Group and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles aims to become Europe’s top seller of battery-electric vehicles, ahead of Volkswagen and Tesla. In the first half of 2022, Stellantis sold 105,413 fully electric cars in Europe compared to Tesla‘s 78,277 sales, and was just behind Volkswagen Group’s 116,307, according to figures from Dataforce cited by Automotive News Europe. Read original article here.
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