In 2019, the Fiat-Chrysler group reached an agreement with Tesla to help it offset its emissions and allow it to dodge billions of fines imposed by the European Union. In case you don't know, the EU wants all manufacturers who sell cars in Europe to have an average CO2 emission of 95 g / km or less for their entire range, otherwise they will be severely condemned to a fine for each gram on each car for sale.
But there is a loophole in the law that allows manufacturers with high overall emissions (which exceed the accepted limit) to group their cars with manufacturers whose rating is below the threshold. And that's what Fiat-Chrysler did last year: it linked its cars to Tesla's to avoid the aforementioned fines.
Of course, Tesla had a lot to gain from this, although we don't know exactly how many millions it has received to help FCA. What is clear is that it can still sell its range of inefficient and polluting models, and car enthusiasts can rejoice as this includes the current harvest of very beautiful Alfa Romeo models (none of which Is electric or even electrified, actually.).
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