ATESSA, Italy (Reuters) -Italy’s penny-pinching approach to incentives has meant several months of reduced automotive production, the head of Stellantis, the country’s sole major automaker, said on Tuesday. “Stellantis has been asking the Italian government for the last nine months to support EV sales,” CEO Carlos Tavares said during a visit to the group’s plant in the town of Atessa, central Italy, Europe’s largest van-making facility. He said the group was asking the Italian government to support sales of electric vehicles (EV) to also help protect its Mirafiori plant, in Turin, which produc…