The automotive industry moves so fast that it’s easy to forget how hard and complicated some things are to change and implement. It’s not a case of getting a job done and moving onto the next problem.
One such example is the creation of Stellantis out of the merger of PSA and FCA. This was ‘completed’ back in January 2021 but the reality is that these are two wildly different entities operationally still being embedded together in less heralded corners of the companies long away from the cars in showrooms.
