Stellantis, the giant automaker formed by the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and France’s PSA, plans to invest €30 billion, or $35.5 billion, by the end of 2025 to expand its portfolio of electrified vehicles.
Stellantis Is a Dutch-domiciled multinational automotive engineering corporation that is newly shaped in 2021 on the basis of a 50-50 cross-border merger between the Italian-American conglomerate Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the French PSA Group. Stellantis is five months into its way of life.
The strategic motivation for the unification of French automaker Peugeot and the U.S. Italian giant Fiat-Chrysler is constructing electric vehicles that are essentially profitable.
The Electric Vehicle market will significantly show evolution in this decade that would be powered by better Electric Vehicle contributions on dealer lots, considerable industry investment, and stiffer regulatory pressure, including potential bans on conventionally fueled cars.
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said,
“The company is planning for 70% of its sales in Europe and 40% of sales in the US to be either fully electric or plug-in hybrid but with a large majority of those vehicles being fully electric within four years.”
Stellantis has an all-electric muscle car as well as an all-electric Ram pickup among its upcoming offerings. The innovative Dodge is projected in 2024.
The Stellantis said,
“Three things must take place in order to succeed, The Company must bring down battery costs by 40% over the next four years, and an additional 20% after that, it must further cut costs in its entire business, Billions in forecasted synergies from the Stellantis merger, which ultimately combines 14 brands, must come to fruition.”
The world’s fourth-largest automaker joins rivals such as General Motors and Volkswagen in earmarking billions toward EV investments through the first part of the decade. Among the company’s plans are manufacturing an electric Dodge muscle car and an electric Ram pickup truck, both by 2024. Stellantis also said it would offer an electric or plug-in model in every vehicle segment under its Jeep brand by 2025.
Chief Executive Officer Carlos Tavares said,
“The ultimate aim is to hit sales targets for low-emission vehicles including plug-ins of 70% in Europe and 40% in the U.S. by 2030. In order to deliver on its electrification strategy, the company will also manufacture 130-gigawatt hours of battery capacity by 2025 and around 260 gigawatt hours across five factories in North America and Europe by 2030. The company will use two battery chemistries by 2024, with the goal of developing solid-state battery technology by 2026.”
Stellantis has been gentler to electrify than some of its competitors, perhaps due in part to its lineup’s best-sellers skewing toward performance and heavy-duty models. The company designs and manufactures cars across over a dozen brands, including Jeep, Chrysler, Ram Trucks, and Dodge. Its major brands in Europe include Peugeot, Vauxhall, Citroen, and Fiat.
The car giant is also developing a portfolio of four dedicated electric vehicle platforms: Small, for city driving; Medium, for premium vehicles; Large, for performance and muscle models; and Frame, for trucks and heavy-duty vehicles.
The platforms will have a range of up to 300 miles for Small and 500 miles for Large and Frame. The aim is to decrease battery costs by 40% by 2024.
The company has aimed to stop purchasing emissions compliance credits from Tesla and others in 2022 since the company has already seen equivalence in Peugeot’s margins on Electric vehicles and conventional cars.
As part of its electrification plan, Stellantis is generating four different electric vehicle platforms, or core engineering setups. One will be for compacted vehicles, like the Fiat 500, one for medium-sized vehicles, like mid-sized sedans and crossovers, and another for larger vehicles, like SUVs, large sedans, or minivans. All of those will incorporate battery packs into the floor of the vehicle.
The electric vehicles will be able to drive up to about 500 miles on a charge, according to Stellantis. The company expects that, by 2026, the total ownership cost of electric vehicles, including fuel and insurance costs, will be the same as for internal combustion-powered vehicles without any government incentives.
The company plans a full line of electric and plug-in hybrid trucks and commercial vehicles.
These will include ones with a new technology Stellantis is calling Range Electric Paradigm Breaker. Without providing any details, Stellantis executives promised it would allow towing and hauling without concerns about reduced driving range.
Stellantis will also operate five large battery factories in North America and Europe and the company expects to have made advances in solid-state battery technology by 2026. Solid-state batteries can have much higher energy density than the batteries currently used in electric cars, which use liquids, and potentially offer increases in range while reducing both weight and charge time.
The Jeep will have a zero-emission alternative for every model it sells by 2025. That will incorporate an all-new off-road Jeep model.
Even with all of these investments, Stellantis maintained to requires to enhance its profitability over the next manifold years due to technology improvements and cost savings from its merger.
Sources
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/08/cars/stellantis-electric-vehicle-investment-strategy/index.html
