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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

Production of electric Fiat 500 halted for lack of European orders

A white Fiat 500 electric car is displayed at a showroom of a car dealer in Rome
The fully electric Fiat 500 is made at the historic Mirafiori factory in Turin in north-west Italy. Stellantis is investing €100m in the site. Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters

Stellantis is to halt production of the electric Fiat 500 model for four weeks because of a lack of orders in Europe.

The Franco-Italian company, which also owns the Citroën, Vauxhall and Peugeot brands, said production would be suspended from Friday.

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