Not sure what happened to that link to the Italian FUD story, but I did find this quote from
that article which explains the true motivation behind it.
During his speech, Marchionne remarked that for every little Fiat 500 electric car it sells in the U.S., it loses about $20,000.
“Doing this on a large scale would, of course, be economic masochism at its extreme,” Marchionne said.
This is bullish for TSLA as it supports what many have indicated for some time regarding ICE OEMs efforts to tip-toe into the EV space having this very consequence to face.