Stellantis will need one or two additional U.S. battery plants - Tavares


FILE PHOTO A flag with the logo of Stellantis is seen at the companys corporate office building in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines near Paris France May 5 2021. REUTERSGonzalo Fuentes

FILE PHOTO: A flag with the logo of Stellantis is seen at the company's corporate office building in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines near Paris, France, May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/

BILLY-BERCLAU, France (Reuters) -Stellantis will need one or even two additional large factories for electric vehicles batteries in the United States to reach its output targets, the company's chief executive, Carlos Tavares, said on Tuesday.

Speaking to journalists at the inauguration of a so-called gigafactory in northern France, Tavares said the Franco-Italian carmaker would need more similar plants in North America, where it already announced plans for two sites.

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