Stellantis chief executive officer Carlos Tavares has outlined the recently formed automotive group’s updated electrification strategy, which includes four new electrified platforms – two of which are fully-electric – and two new European battery assembly plants.
Formed in January following the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Group, the new Stellantis strategy seeks to rationalise the group’s electric automobile platforms, which currently comprises a mix of FCA developed architectures and PSA developments.
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For example, Fiat’s new electric 500e is currently built on its own bespoke platform developed by FCA, while automobiles such as the Peugeot e-208 and e-2008, as well as the Citroen e-C4, Vauxhall Corsa-e and Mokka-e SUV all sit on the PSA group’s e-CMP underpinnings. In the future, all vehicles from all brands will use a new platform system called STLA.
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New platforms
We’ll see a second generation of e-CMP at some point in 2022, according to the road map set out by Tavares to shareholders at the Stellantis annual general Meeting. This will then be replaced by the start of 2026 by a new small electric automobile platform called STLA Small.
According to Stellantis, this vehicle architecture will underpin A, B and C-segment vehicles, what we know as city cars, superminis and family hatchbacks, while it will also cater for compact and mid-size SUVs, meaning a similar range of vehicles to that based on e-CMP currently.