‘Stellantis could have problems because of their CO2 emissions this year’

World’s fourth largest automotive group will be playing catch up with a car market in the process of pivoting towards full electric mobility

Chrysler could come under pressure in the merger that means 14 of the world’s biggest car brands will now be part of the Stellantis group. Picture: Getty

It has been over a year since Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot SA (PSA) announced their planned merger. In the interim, the two car manufacturing companies were caught up in a lengthy anti-trust probe by the European Commission, which seemed to be dragging on indefinitely.

Then, in a flurry of activity over the past few weeks, the European Commission cleared the €31 billion merger and shareholders of both companies voted to approve the creation of the ...