PARIS — Each new Peugeot mannequin launched in Europe by 2030 will probably be full-electric solely, CEO Linda Jackson says, because the Stellantis model prepares for the transition away from inner combustion engines.
There’ll proceed to be internal-combustion based mostly fashions in Peugeot’s lineup for worldwide patrons, Jackson added.
“As we transfer on to the brand new [Stellantis] platforms, STLA Small, Medium, Giant, by 2030 in Europe all of our fashions will probably be electrical,” Jackson instructed Automotive Information Europe. “However I nonetheless have to verify I keep internal-combustion choices for my worldwide clients.”
Peugeot’s transfer would come 5 years forward of the EU’s proposal to mandate solely zero-emissions autos in 2035. A lot of automakers have already introduced they are going to be all-electric in Europe nicely forward of that date.
Different Stellantis manufacturers have beforehand given dates once they plan to be all-electric — which means they’ll launch solely full-electric fashions — together with DS (2026), Alfa Romeo (2027) and Opel/Vauxhall (2028).
CEO Carlos Tavares has stated Stellantis is concentrating on greater than 70 p.c of gross sales in Europe and greater than 40 p.c within the U.S. to be low-emissions autos, both battery or hybrid electrical, by 2030.
In some unspecified time in the future mid-decade, Stellantis will transfer all fashions onto 4 EV-focused platforms, STLA Small, Medium, Giant and Body (vehicles). These platforms are designed round full-electric drivetrains however will nonetheless have the choice of internal-combustion drivertrains for markets or segments the place the velocity of transition is slower.
Peugeot’s present lineup is 70 p.c electrified, which means both full-electric or plug-in hybrid. That features its hottest fashions, the 2008 small SUV and 208 small automotive (electrical choice) and the 3008 compact SUV and 308 compact automotive (plug-in hybrid, with a full-electric 308 due in 2023), in addition to all business and passenger vans (electrical choice). Solely the soon-to-be discontinued 108 minicar and 5008 midsize SUV are usually not electrified.
By 2024, the whole lineup will probably be electrified, Jackson stated. The subsequent scheduled main launch is the next-generation 3008, which will probably be in-built full-electric kind at Stellantis’ manufacturing facility in Sochaux, japanese France. Peugeot has not revealed particulars of different powertrain choices.
She stated about 20 p.c of 208 gross sales had been full electrical, a determine increased than preliminary projections of 10 to fifteen p.c. Gross sales for the e-2008 are barely decrease, which displays that it’s the major car for a lot of patrons, she added.
“The e-2008 is barely lower than the e-208, as a result of it tends to be a primary automotive, so clients are sometimes wanting to have the ability to journey lengthy distances,” Jackson stated. “They’re making an attempt to determine if an electrical automotive is acceptable for them.”