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The drama behind Italy's fight to win a new battery plant

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Stellantis Chairman John Elkann, second left, and CEO Carlos Tavares, second right, met with Pope Francis in Vatican City on May 24. Also in the picture is Fiat brand CEO Olivier Francois. During the visit, Stellantis secretly met with Italian government representatives to discuss public subsidies, media reports said. (Divisione Produzione Fotografica)
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By:
Luca Ciferri
June 02, 2021 01:42 PM

TURIN -- Top executives from Stellantis's battery cell production joint-venture held six meetings in the past two months with two Italian government ministers to discuss conditions to build a gigafactory in Italy as part of the automaker's plan to support its expansion into electric mobility, Italian media reported.

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