Europe Just Quit Going Electric – Auto Sector Devastation Worse Than Expected

Europe Just Quit Going Electric – Auto Sector Devastation Worse Than Expected

Europe Just Quit Going Electric – Auto Sector Devastation Worse Than Expected

Let’s start with a sound we weren’t supposed to hear for decades. Silence. On the factory floors of Europe’s industrial heartland—in Germany, Italy, Spain—the robotic arms that were meant to be building the future of driving… have stopped moving.

In the last months of 2025, something snapped. Stellantis, the giant behind brands like Peugeot and Fiat, halted production for weeks. Volkswagen cut shifts. Ford announced cuts. Across the continent, car plants were running at just over half capacity. That’s a statistic, but here’s what it means: assembly lines built for millions of cars a year were becoming ghost towns. Up to eight major factories are now on a permanent closure watch. This isn’t a normal downturn. This is the sound of an industry hitting the emergency brake because the road ahead suddenly disappeared.

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