Stellantis quits ACEA & launches Freedom of Mobility Forum
Automaker Stellantis will leave the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) by the end of the year and create the Freedom of Mobility Forum, CEO Carlos Tavares has announced.
The world's fourth-largest car manufacturer released a statement saying the Forum was planned for early 2023 and would be a more direct, public space for stakeholders "to share and confront their thoughts on a 360-degree and fact-based approach".
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The Forum is part of Stellantis' new approach to tackling the issues and challenges of future mobility, including a move away from more traditional lobbying.
The company said it will take the form of a yearly open forum for public debate on sustainable mobility and will be planned and coordinated by an advisory board of experts representing various stakeholders in the industry, including mobility and technology providers, academics, politicians, and scientists, among others.
Each edition will host debates on a select number of topics within four principles of engagement; a global view with a 360-degree approach, fact-based insights, transparency, and respect for all participants.
The Brussels-based European Automobile Manufacturers Association, better known by its French acronym ACEA, has been the industry's main lobbying group in the European Union since its creation in February 1991, uniting the continent's 16 major car, truck, van and bus makers.
"The environmental challenges ahead of us coupled with a rapidly evolving business environment require an efficient, global and inclusive 360-degree approach involving all those who wish to contribute to building sustainable mobility", said Tavares.
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"We intend to create a public forum in which contributors can come together to address the key questions surrounding the debate on decarbonised mobility and provide actionable next steps for us to take together. Access to clean, safe and affordable mobility for the citizens across the world is at stake".
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