Stellantis’ new STLA Giant platform will underpin EVs able to 0-60 mph acceleration in 2.0 seconds, the automaker claims. 

At a current media occasion, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares claims this fast acceleration is not nearly efficiency. He appeared to argue that it may be a security characteristic, making it simpler to, for instance, overtake a slow-moving truck on a two-lane street.

“The extra acceleration you might have, the safer the circumstances underneath which your overtake might be,” Tavares advised High Gear and different media, “and from that perspective the BEV know-how is nice as everyone knows.”

STLA Giant is certainly one of 4 extremely modular platforms, together with STLA Small, STLA Medium, and STLA Body, first proven by Stellantis in 2021 as the inspiration for the automaker’s future EVs. STLA Giant, which is designed for D and E phase autos starting from efficiency automobiles to rugged off-roaders, is predicted to assist gasoline engines as properly.

Stellantis has confirmed eight autos primarily based on the STLA Giant platform shall be launched from 2024 to 2026 for its Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Maserati manufacturers. The EV probably to completely exploit the STLA Giant platform’s accelerative capabilities is the deliberate Dodge Charger/Challenger successor, due later this yr.

Different recognized autos utilizing the STLA Giant platform are Alfa Romeo’s replacements for the Giulia and Stelvio, and the Jeep Wagoneer S additionally due later this yr. The Wagoneer S was first proven in 2022 alongside the extra rugged Jeep Recon, which can be doubtless to make use of the STLA Giant platform, and the Jeep Avenger, a smaller SUV already on sale in Europe with each gasoline and electrical powertrains, however unlikely to achieve the U.S.