Jeep’s first battery-electric mannequin arrives subsequent 12 months. Stellantis confirmed the primary picture of the compact Jeep EV this month.
Jeep additionally plans to launch EV choices in what it calls the “pure off-road” and “way of life household” classes in 2024, en path to providing zero-emission variants in each utility car phase by 2025.
Nielsen mentioned there’s pleasure from customers and sellers across the electrical Ram 1500 pickup due in 2024. However he mentioned retailers cannot get too far forward of themselves.
“We nonetheless need to dwell for right now and ship fuel engines and proceed to do enterprise,” Nielsen mentioned.
U.S. gross sales chief Jeff Kommor and his workforce did a great job throughout Friday’s make assembly displaying sellers the place Stellantis goes, Nielsen mentioned.
Stellantis’ U.S. gross sales fell 18 % within the fourth quarter because the automaker handled the worldwide microchip scarcity and the continuing pandemic, resulting in a 2 % gross sales decline for all of 2021.
“They made it very clear they need their sellers,” Nielsen mentioned. “They don’t seem to be seeking to distribute the automobiles with out the sellers. We have had a 100-year relationship, and we wish it to be one other 100 years.”