Even Fiat Chrysler is preparing to say goodbye to diesel cars. From 2022 it will not build any more. It reveals the Financial Times, even if the company led by Sergio Marchionne does not comment. But the official announcement of farewell to diesel cars will most likely take place during FCA's Investor Day on June XNUMX, during which Marchionne will present the new strategic plan that it will be up to his successor to implement.
The novelty will concern all diesel car brands, from Jeep to Ram, from Dodge to Chrysler, from Maserati to Alfa Romeo and Fiat.
FCA is thus starting to take the same path as other automotive groups that have archived diesel for some time. Also leading Marchionne to retire from diesel are the drop in demand and the high costs that constantly require technologies to make diesel sustainable by reducing polluting emissions. Diesel was the most popular fuel in recent years, but the Dieselgate scandal has changed the tables.
Consequently FCA will accelerate on the front of hybrid engines, petrol plus electric.
The Italian-American automaker will no longer build diesel cars but will continue to make diesel-engined commercial vehicles.
The reply from Ferdinando Uliano, national secretary, was ready Cisl films: “Our priority is to make the factories and employment safe and if there are plans that will lead to the exit of diesel engines, these must be accompanied by plans that redevelop production by assigning new engines and new activities to safeguard employment and establishments".
“There are currently two FCA plants in Italy dedicated to diesel engines, FCA VM Motori Cento and FCA Pratola Serra (AV). Overall, they employ around 3.000 workers and the production of diesel engines in 2017 reached around 461.000 engines".
“Even if diesel registrations in Europe in 2017 are still equal to 43,8% - continued Uliano - the trend in the coming years is towards a reduction in market share. The presentation of the industrial plan represents for us an important appointment also to understand the projects that FCA will implement on engines in the coming years and on how to combine them with our objectives of making the factories and employment safe today dedicated to diesel production " .
According to some journalists, the multi air (in its appropriate declination) would have solved all the problems associated with the diesel engine! What a blunder! Or does Marchionne have an ace up his sleeve to annihilate all the competition by introducing that technology when the others have put aside diesels?