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Stellantis lays off about 400 salaried workers to handle uncertainty in electric vehicle transition
CEO Carlos Tavares repeatedly has said that electric vehicles cost 40% more to make than those that run on gasoline, and that the company will have to cut costs to make EVs affordable for the middle class