In an opinion piece published on 8 December 2025 by the Financial Times, Ford boss Jim Farley warned that Europe’s legislative push for battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) risks turning the continent into a “museum of 20th century manufacturing”. He joins a chorus of other prominent industry executives, most recently Stellantis Chairman John Elkann, in predicting European automotive’s decline if regulations are not urgently re-examined.
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