Stellantis leaves investors in shock: million-dollar loss – and it’s the trams’ “fault”

Loss of 22 billion euros in the second half of 2025. The accounts for the electricity sector were poorly done.

The official justification begins like this: Stellar’s reformulation yours business to meet customer preferences and drive profitable growth.

But, soon after, the numbers begin: this restructuring of the business led to a loss of around 22.2 billion euros in the second half of 2025.

There will be a new strategic plan in May this year. The company carried out a thorough assessment of its strategy and the related costs necessary to align the company with its customers’ real preferences.

In the last 5 years, continues the , Stellantis has become a leader in electric vehicles – and will continue “at the forefront of its development”.

But the pace of this journey “needs to be dictated by demand, not by imposition”.

Translation: the automotive giant – owner of brands such as Fiat, Peugeot, Opel and Jeep – is significantly reduce its ambitions regarding electric vehicles.

This is the change of direction. A change caused by high costs and weak sales of electric vehicles.

Of the USA (central market) arrived more news: end of subsidies for trams and changes to emissions rules promoted by President Donald Trump. Stellantis is discontinuing models.

Group administration does not intend to distribute dividends to shareholders this year: there is still payments, in cash, to be done until 2030. In total, there will be around 6.5 billion of euros.

Stellantis still plans to raise up to 5 billion euros in new capital through the issuance of new bonds.

Even so, this change of direction left the investors in shockresume o

This Friday, the shares of Stellantis, traded on the Paris Stock Exchange, reached fall almost 30%. It was the biggest drop in a single day in the history of the automobile group.

A adds that car manufacturers are now pay the price for misjudging the transition to more environmentally friendly driving.

In fact, in the group’s statement, director Antonio Filosa admitted that these negative numbers are a consequence of errors strategic and operational.

He was overestimated the pace of the energy transitionwhich distanced the brand from the real needs and desires of many buyers.

But Italians don’t forget Portuguese Carlos Tavares, its predecessor. Antonio Filosa indicates that Stellantis’s was also a consequence of poor management by the previous administration. Carlos Tavares led the group in October 2024, almost a year and a half ago.