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Opel has “special prioritisation” as Stellantis’ only German brand

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO – An Opel logo was pictured in Ruesselsheim (Germany), July 4, 2018. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

BERLIN (Reuters) – Opel’s status as the only German brand within the Stellantis group affords it “special prioritisation,” said the carmaker’s chief executive on Thursday, following concerns from unions over the company’s future in the country.

We are the sole German brand. “We are working on this, and I think we’ll find success with Opel,” Uwe Hochgeschurtz stated at an Opel summit organized by German newspaper Handelsblatt.

Opel closed the Eisenach factories in Germany due to chip shortages. Stellantis has been accused of manipulating Germany’s furlough plan to get production out.

Hochgeschurtz will meet with the finance ministers of the three German states where Opel has plants – Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, and Thuringia – on Nov. 19, ahead of a planned meeting later this month between Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares and the premiers of those states.

Hochgeschurtz stated that Opel prioritised the use of chips already on hand for electric cars and that he didn’t want to speculate on the future.

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