1/ Avec @lorisguemart.bsky.social, nous avons appris que l'Université Paris Cité, où Étienne Klein avait soutenu sa thèse plagiée (Paris 7 alors), a décidé - au terme de 20 mois d'une instruction pour manquement à l'intégrité scientifique + sections disciplinaires - de lui retirer son doctorat.
5 years after its creation, it still looks like Stellantis is a bad bank in charge of liquidating struggling EU/US brands: no distinctive announcement on EVs or autonomous cars, no group identity, just cost-cutting until nothing is left
2️⃣ They don't care about 🇪🇺 sovereignty
ACC, Stellantis & Mercedes JV to produce batteries in Europe, does not get a single mention, probably not dead yet but they are clearly seen as a low-volume supplier
The absence of ACC clearly contrasts with the mentions of Leapmotor, Dongfeng and CATL 🇨🇳
My opinion ? Stellantis is both a reflection and an accelerator of everything wrong with 🇪🇺 capitalism
If there is any political will to reindustrialise and catch-up with 🇨🇳 on EVs and the 🇺🇸 on autonomous cars, Europe must bring carmakers' investment back and nice incentives won't be enough 🥕
3️⃣ Where is this going?
Market reaction was -6%, probably reflecting the impression that the strategy is still unclear: no brands sold or phased out, market restart in China with made-in-China cars, key EV and digital tech developed by partners