5 of Stellantis’ 12 core manufacturers will grow to be all-electric within the close to future — Alfa Romeo, Fiat, DS, Lancia and Opel — because the group shaped from the merger of Fiat Chrysler and PSA Group steps up its electrification efforts.
Alfa Romeo will solely promote full-electric automobiles in Europe, North America and China beginning in 2027, based on Stellantis’ first-half outcomes presentation revealed on Wednesday (See chart beneath).
Stellantis’ upscale area of interest manufacturers, DS Vehicles and Lancia, will step by step shift to changing into electric-only.
DS will launch solely full-electric vehicles beginning in 2024 whereas additionally persevering with to promote automobiles with inside combustion enginers. Lancia will launch solely full-electric vehicles beginning in 2026.
The three manufacturers be part of Opel and Fiat, which have already introduced plans to grow to be electric-only.
Opel mentioned in June that it’ll be an all-electric model in Europe by 2028. Additionally in June, Fiat CEO Olivier Francois mentioned the model’s product lineup will grow to be electric-only between 2025 and 2030.
Automakers are jostling to place themselves on the forefront of the trade’s shift to electrical forward of the European Union’s plan to successfully ban inside combustion engines by 2035 by requiring all new vehicles bought from then to provide zero emissions.
Volkswagen Group manufacturers which have dedicated to an EV-only future embrace Bentley (2030) and Audi (2033). Cupra, the subbrand spun off from Seat, shall be all-electric, VW Group CEO Herbert Diess mentioned this yr, with out giving a date. The flagship VW model has mentioned it is going to section out inside combustion engines from 2033 to 2035.
Outdoors of Stellantis and VW Group, Jaguar will grow to be an all-electric model beginning in 2025, Volvo has mentioned it expects to be all-electric by 2030, and Ford has mentioned the identical about its European lineup.
‘Racing to ship’
Throughout Stellantis’ first-half outcomes presentation CEO Carlos Tavares mentioned the group is on “a robust electrification journey.”
“Over the subsequent 24 months you may count on at least 11 pure EV launches. They may add to the prevailing 11 BEVs [battery-electric vehicles] on sale,” Tavares mentioned. “We at the moment are racing to ship what I promised, which is one hundred pc electrification by 2025,” which means each new Stellantis mannequin may have both a plug-in hybrid or full-electric choice by then.
Stellantis’ new full-electric fashions embrace three from Citroen; two every from Peugeot, Maserati and Fiat’s vans unit; and one every from Jeep and Opel/Vauxhall.
There may even be 10 plug-in hybrid launches: three from Peugeot, two from Opel/Vauxhall, and one every from Alfa Romeo, Citroen, DS, Dodge and Jeep.
Earlier than year-end, Tavares and different high Stellantis executives will roll out the group’s strategic plan, which is predicted to present extra readability about a number of manufacturers that had been starved of funding below FCA, together with Fiat, Lancia and Alfa Romeo in Europe, and Dodge and Chrysler within the U.S.
Lancia, Alfa Romeo and DS make up Stellantis’ premium cluster, and they’re already working collectively on future fashions and industrial synergies.
DS affords the DS 3 Crossback E-Tense as its solely full-electric automobile. It already sells practically 40 p.c of automobiles as both full-electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids, the very best proportion within the group.
Lancia’s subsequent fashions will embrace a small automobile with a battery-powered choice, and an electric-only compact crossover, firm sources have mentioned.