Things aren’t looking great for Stellantis. Sales for the company’s Dodge and Jeep brands in America are cratering, and its overseas brands aren’t doing much better. Adding to the bad news, Stellantis announced today it will extend its suspension of production for the all-electric Fiat 500 until November 1 over low demand.

The company originally stopped production of the 500 on September 12, planning to idle the car’s Mirafiori, Italy plant for four weeks. Now, that stoppage has been extended by another three weeks.

The decision, Reuters reports, comes alongside a statement given to trade unions claiming the electric car market in Europe is “in deep trouble.”

(Fiat never seems to learn they keep creating these cars with such limited range.)

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    1 month ago

    The lack of demand makes sense, at least for the US. The 500e gets just 149 miles of range and starts at $34,095.

    Tell me you don’t want to sell EVs without telling me you don’t want to sell EVs.