Honest to god, do you think the Oceans of hydrocarbons, are from fossils on Titan? It's not 1700s most oil doesn't come from whales, and despite picking up organic marker on it trip to surface the math doesn't work out especially for Methane., so that old term is only to create the idea of scarcity. The only Scarcity is artificial market control. Say it together HYDROCARBONS.
Rare earth metals now those are actually scarce, you know RARE. But never mind that, Silicon batteries are on the way, along with fusion.... innnnnnnn 20 to 30 years.
I'm aware of this old-school thinking, and it's one of the things that is eroding Stellantis down to the danger zone.
"Plentiful hydrocarbon" cars are in a sales free-fall; modern EVs are growing far faster.
With fossil fuel vehicles, Chrysler is exiting entire segments, shutting down plants, gutting capacity and permanently ceding share to competitors as it continues to downsize itself into irrelevance.
With EVs, Tesla is entering new market segments, rapidly gaining share, building new plants with high utilization, seizing customers from segments Chrysler has abandoned (like mid-sized sedans), and continuing to expand its reach. The same is true of other pure-play EV makers like Rivian... as well as automakers who have competitive EV product.
Dealerships choked with 20-year-old LX bodies with $20K-over-MSRP markups aren't going to fix that.
FCA has to launch modern product, at competitive prices, and play to win in volume segments (including sedans), like its competitors are doing. Otherwise, it will simply fade away.
The two "core" brands of Chrysler and Dodge are already not viable; AMC sold more vehicles under its brand in the early 1980s than either of those.
It's do or die, and a small selection of inefficient gas-guzzlers at high prices ain't gonna make it.
