Despite the planned electric strategy, the new range of STLA platforms designed for both electric and SUS engine vehicles enables the flexibility in production that Stellantis highlights as its advantage for the future
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Group Stellarwhich also includes the former Red Flag factory in Kragujevac, where production begins this summer the electric successor of the Fiat Pandahas ambitious plans to offer a complete range of electric passenger vehicles to the European market by 2030.
That goal for the United States of America, for the same time frame, is 50 percent of the offer. This is the essence of the plan called “Dare Forward 2030”. However, even though electrification stands out in the foreground, Stellantis does not want to limit the choice for customers, which is why it will continue to produce cars with internal combustion engines, if customers want it.
Despite the planned electric strategy, the new range of STLA platforms designed so that they can be used both for electric vehicles and for those with classic fossil fuel drives, leaves the possibility of vehicle conversion and easier meeting customer requirements.
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This flexibility of the group, which includes Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Opel and Peugeot, is highlighted as its advantage for the future, especially due to the fact that the automotive industry is transitioning to electric drive. , is not entirely sure about its own electrical future.
Rightly so, the question of what will happen by the year 2030 also arises. What if, for example, 75 percent of buyers in the US still want to drive a car with an SUS engine? That is, whether the goals of the “Dare Forward 2030” strategy will be able to be met.
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Although aware of this uncertainty, the Stellantis group (for now) does not change or reconsider its goal for 2030 and keeps 50 percent of electrification in the USA and 100 percent in Europe from the plan, he notes. WardsAuto.
In their favor is the fact that sales of electric vehicles in Europe are still going relatively well. However, looking at the current sales trend and the model range, if there are no changes and adjustments in the market, the goal of selling 50 percent of electric models on the American market by 2030 could become difficult to achieve.
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