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Europe’s Auto Lobby Exits Reflect Fault Lines in EV Transition

In a matter of weeks, two carmakers announced plans to leave the ACEA.

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares at an ACEA event in 2019.

Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg
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The auto business isn’t usually as dramatic in Europe, as long as Elon Musk isn’t dropping by. But the last few weeks have played out like a soap opera for the decades-old group charged with lobbying Brussels on behalf of the industry.