PARIS — Stellantis and Foxconn have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-design a household of devoted microcontrollers that may finally cowl 80 per cent of Stellantis’ wants, the businesses stated.
The partnership is particularly crucial as automakers grapple with a persistent scarcity of semiconductors that management virtually each perform in immediately’s extremely superior automobiles.
The shortfall has value automakers thousands and thousands of autos in misplaced manufacturing, led to automakers prioritizing some fashions on the expanse of others, and even constructing automobiles with out sure choices. It isn’t anticipated to ease till 2022.
The tie-up “will assist drive stability in Stellantis’ world semiconductor provide chain,” the automaker stated in a information launch on Tuesday because it introduced its new software program technique.
The businesses didn’t reveal monetary phrases of the deal.
As a part of that technique, Stellantis will develop three technological platforms, together with STLA Mind for electrics/electronics and software program, that it’ll deploy on 4 new EV platforms.
There shall be 4 households of microcontrollers that may cowl greater than 80 per cent of Stellantis’ semiconductor necessities, beginning in 2024, CEO Carlos Tavares stated within the information launch, “serving to to considerably modernize our elements, scale back complexity, and simplify the availability chain.
“This can even increase our skill to innovate quicker and construct services and products at a fast tempo,” he added.
Along with getting used on the STLA Mind technological platform, the semiconductors from the partnership “shall be utilized inside the Foxconn EV ecosystem,” the information launch stated.
Foxconn, greatest often called Apple’s iPhone manufacturing accomplice, is changing into more and more concerned in EV growth and manufacturing over the previous yr, seeing the rising curiosity within the class as a potent progress driver.
The nonbinding memorandum of understanding on semiconductors is Foxconn’s second partnership with Stellantis. In Could, the businesses introduced the Cell Drive three way partnership to develop “good cockpits,” human-machine intefaces (HMI) and providers.
Cell Drive is anticipated to be finalized by the tip of the yr, Stellantis stated Tuesday.