Carlos Tavares has resigned as Stellantis CEO after nearly four years, amid plunging electric vehicle sales and rising competition from Chinese car makers. His departure highlights the mounting challenges for legacy carmakers in the EV transition.

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has unexpectedly resigned from the automaker amid increasingly "different views" between the executive and the board of directors.

When 24-year-old Elena Aragon set out to buy a new car, she reviewed a range of no-frills brands in her home town of Cadiz, Spain, including Stellantis' Fiat and Peugeot.

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has stepped down effective immediately, ending nearly four years at the helm of the automaker

Stellantis' Board of Directors, chaired by John Elkann, quickly accepted the Chief Executive Officer's sudden resignation announced on December 1

Carlos Tavares, who had been under fire and was expected to leave at the end of his contract, resigned abruptly on Sunday.

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Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares is stepping down after nearly four years in the top spot of the carmaker that owns brands like Jeep and Ram and Citroën and Peugeot

Stellantis Chief Executive Carlos Tavares has resigned, the automaker said on Sunday, adding it aimed to find a new head in the first half of 2025.

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has unexpectedly resigned from the automaker amid increasingly “different views” between the executive and the board of directors.

(Reuters) -Paris-listed shares in Stellantis slumped by over 7% on Monday after chief executive Carlos Tavares resigned abruptly on Sunday. Stellantis said it would seek to find a replacement CEO in the first half of 2025 and would establish a new interim executive committee helmed by Chairman John Elkann.