Fiat Chrysler's CEO just issued a dire warning for traditional automakers
The news reinforced the automaker's success with its pickup trucks and SUVs, especially in the booming US market.
Trucks and SUVs are the old-school of car-building - but they don't run on electricity, they don't drive themselves, and they're designed to be owned, not shared.
In a call with analysts after FCA reported, Rod Lasche of Deutsche Bank asked CEO Sergio Marchionne one of the biggest questions floating around the auto industry: Will new ways of getting around, including autonomous vehicles, car-sharing, and ride-hailing services, end traditional automakers' 100-year dominance of mobility?
"It is contemplated in the plan," Marchionne said, referring to set of objectives FCA has established for 2018.