In the EU automakers are required to get down their average per car CO2 emissions to 95 gramme per kilometer.
FIAT/Chrysler/Jeep has its share of gas guzzler brands and hardly any EV or hybrid to compensate.
Tesla on the other hand has no vehicle emissions whatsoever (excluding some
sound effects).
So they decided to
team up...
For FIAT is is an easy choice. Pay Tesla or pay fines to the EU. Paying Tesla probably has more impact on the environment as it allows them to expand faster.
I have no idea what the EU would do with the fines, except for moving even more stuff back and forth between Brussels and Strasbourg each month.
Who knows, maybe one day Tesla provides the guts for a line of electric FIATs and Chryslers? Or even Jeeps?
I want a
Jeep Regenerade!
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2011 Honda Insight + HID, LEDs, tiny PV panel, extra brake pad return springs, neutral wheel alignment, 44/42 PSI (air), PHEV light (inop), tightened wheel nut.
lifetime FE over 0.2 Gigameter or 0.13 Megamile.
For confirmation go to people just like you.
For education go to people unlike yourself.