{"id":32094,"date":"2023-09-25T20:48:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T18:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/?p=32094"},"modified":"2023-09-25T20:49:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T18:49:36","slug":"fiat-500-electric-lusine-a-larret-a-cause-of-decrease-in-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/en\/fiat\/fiat-500-electrique-lusine-a-larret-a-cause-dune-baisse-de-la-demande\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiat 500 electric: plant at a standstill due to falling demand"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As we pointed out a few weeks ago, the Fiat 500 electric struggles to win over the internal combustion model<\/a>. In fact, even if it achieved the honorable figure of 66,732 sales in 2022, the first half of 2023 was likely to be stagnant, if not slightly down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This feeling is now confirmed by the fact that Stellantis has decided to put the Mirafiori plant, where the electric 500 is assembled, on short-time working for two weeks.<\/strong>from October 19 to November 3, 2023. This represents 2,400 employees. Several Maseratis are assembled at the same plant: the Levante since 2016, the Ghibli and Quattroporte since 2022, and the new Granturismo since 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stellantis informed the unions that sales forecasts are lower than production volumes<\/strong>. A clear signal, once again, that demand for electric cars is struggling to take off. Stellantis is expected to announce a drop in production from the 500 electric to 80,000 models<\/strong> in 2023, instead of the 100,00 initially forecast. In our opinion, this is already a lot, since if the second half of 2023 is on trend, the 500 electrics could barely exceed 60,000 units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the time being, the Mirafiori plant is heavily dependent on the success of the electric 500, and on Maserati models such as the Ghibli, Levante and Quattroporte, which are nearing the end of their careers, and the new Gantursimo, which is just being launched. In the future, it should be entrusted with the manufacture of the future Quattroporte and Levante... but that's not for tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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