A Copernican revolution.
French car manufacturers are hit by the forced transition to electric vehicles.
Suddenly, their know-how in the thermal engine which has been the basis of their success for more than a century loses its usefulness.
“
With electric, the counters are reset.
And, in this area, the Chinese are ten years ahead
, ”warns Luc Chatel, president of the Automotive Platform, which includes car manufacturers and equipment manufacturers.
Result: 60,000 jobs out of the 400,000 in the sector in France are threatened.
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“In the presidential campaign, we talk about reindustrialization, economic sovereignty. But not a candidate speaks about the automotive sector which accompanies climate change with devastating consequences for it”
, regrets Luc Chatel.
To remedy this oversight, the PFA invited the twelve candidates for the Élysée to come and present their strategy for the automotive sector on Monday.
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