Albertina Torsoli

Im Rahmen seiner Expansionspläne für Europa hat der chinesische E-Auto-Riese BYD dem Vernehmen nach die ehemalige Großbritannien-Chefin des Multi-Marken-Autokonzerns Stellantis eingestellt.

China’s BYD Co. reportedly is hiring the former U.K. chief of Stellantis NV as the EV maker builds a team of European executives to lead its expansion in the region.

Stellantis NV’s third-quarter revenues slumped 27% as the automaker’s shipments declined in most of its major markets.

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Stellantis NV's third-quarter revenues slumped 27% as the automaker shipped fewer cars from factories in most of its major markets.

Stellantis NV proposes closing a van factory in Luton, England after the automaker warned it may shrink output in the country over the UK’s zero-emission vehicle sales mandate.

Stellantis NV proposes closing a van factory in Luton, England after the automaker warned it may shrink output in the country over the UK’s zero-emission vehicle sales mandate.

Stellantis had already threatened to pull the plug on its U.K. operations, warning about the impact of what it says are the country's too stringent EV targets. The U.K. introduced rules requiring 10% of new van sales this year to be zero-emission, rising to 70% by the end of the decade. There are similar rules for cars.

(Bloomberg) -- Stellantis NV plans to close a van factory in Luton, England, in a rebuke of the government mandating more electric vehicle sales.

Air France-KLM is in talks to buy a stake of as much as 20% in Air Europa after the Spanish carrier’s planned takeover by IAG SA was scuppered by regulatory opposition, the El Economista newspaper reported.