Stellantis has throttled sales of combustion-engined cars in the UK in a bid to hit government-mandated sales targets for electric cars this year and avoid paying fines.
That's according to the company’s new head of Europe Jean-Philippe Imparato, who added that the strategy will continue until the end of this year.
The UK’s ZEV mandate, which imposes a minimum of 22% electric car sales on manufacturers this year, is becoming a template for what will happen across the European Union next year, when tightening rules on average CO2 levels will force car makers to sell more EVs.
