TURIN, Italy — Stellantis’ 4 new electrified platforms are anticipated to every underpin the manufacturing of 2 million autos a 12 months, the automaker’s head for Italy mentioned on Wednesday.
Because the creation of the world’s fourth largest carmaker initially of this 12 months by the merger of Fiat Chrysler and France’s PSA, Chief Govt Carlos Tavares has pushed for a convergence of the mixed group’s 14 manufacturers to realize a purpose of over 5 billion euros ($5.8 billion) in annual synergies and speed up its transition to cleaner mobility.
Stellantis will make investments over 30 billion euros by 2025 on electrifying its car lineup. As a part of this plan, the group has introduced it was establishing 4 new platforms. They’re STLA Small, STLA Medium, STLA Massive and STLA Body.
By 2024, Stellantis goals for over 500 miles of vary, 0-62 mph in 2 seconds and charging 200 miles of vary in 10 minutes. They’ll underpin vehicles as various as small cars for Europe, and a Dodge EV muscle car and Ram electric pickup.
“The 4 platforms are designed with a excessive degree of flexibility and components sharing, to create scale economies,” mentioned Santo Ficili, Stellantis nation supervisor for Italy.
“On this approach, every platform will have the ability to assist (the manufacturing of) as much as 2 million items yearly.”
Stellantis is focusing on for greater than 70% of its gross sales in Europe to come back from low-emission autos by 2030, and goals to make the whole cost of owning an electric vehicle equal to that of a gasoline-powered mannequin by 2026.
Ficili mentioned that whereas prices to provide electric cars have been increased than for conventional combustion engine fashions, there was extra pressing must concentrate on giving consumers entry to electrical vehicles by higher financing and extra intensive charging infrastructure.
