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FCA Canada CEO David Buckingham on Stellantis ramping up EV future in Canada

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Buckingham: “Our plan is to actually have 75 EVs by 2030. We globally launched 19 alone in 2021.” (SUPPLIED PHOTO)
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By:
Kelly Taylor
July 04, 2022 04:00 AM

Global automaker Stellantis is pouring billions of dollars — a commitment of $8.6 billion so far — into Canada’s nascent electric-vehicle industry and is halfway to its goal of hiring 650 research engineers, said David Buckingham, CEO of FCA Canada. FCA remains the company’s legal name in Canada despite the global name change to Stellantis.

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