The Stellantis (STLAM.MI), opens new tab CEO’s abrupt departure on Sunday arguably qualifies as a necessary evil, given the $34 billion carmaker’s painful 2024. But his President-elect Donald Trump and the European Union,

Stellantis has been under major scrutiny over the past year due to its extremely poor sales performances, with many of its brands, including its most popular ones, suffering from ailing sales. They were so bad,

Stellantis stock lost a further 6% Monday. Despite the challenges, Stellantis’s board had given Tavares its unanimous backing to turn the automaker around as recently as October. Since then, his renewed pursuit of cost savings and other efficiencies inflamed already fractious relations with dealers,