Feb 6, 2023 - 09:37 am
Jeep kicks off production of Avenger
Jeep has begun with the series production of its new Avenger SUV at its Stellantis plant in Tychy in Poland. According to the carmaker, the Avenger is just the beginning of a portfolio of all-electric SUVs for the European market, as Jeep is looking to become the world leader in zero-emission SUVs.
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Jan 27, 2023 - 12:46 pm
Peugeot prepares to launch the e-3008 and e-5008
Peugeot now also announces the 3008 and 5008 with all-electric powertrains. As the Stellantis brand explained during the presentation of its ‘e-Lion’ project, the e-3008 will be the first vehicle based on the new STLA mid-size platform and is to be unveiled in the second half of this year.
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Jan 18, 2023 - 01:50 pm
Stellantis secures nickel in Finland
Car company Stellantis and Finnish state-owned mining company Terrafame have signed a supply agreement for nickel sulfate to be used in batteries for electric cars. Starting in 2025, Terrafame will supply nickel sulfate to Stellantis during the five-year term of the agreement.
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Jan 11, 2023 - 01:31 pm
Outlook: These electric cars are coming in 2023
Always. More. Choice. The boom in battery-electric cars continues, despite subsidies dropping slightly around Europe. We dare to look ahead: what’s coming, what’s missing and what are we particularly looking forward to?
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Jan 9, 2023 - 12:54 pm
Stellantis secures manganese in Australia with Element 25
Stellantis has entered into a binding agreement with the Australian mineral exploration company Element 25 for the supply of manganese sulphate for electric vehicle batteries. The deal provides for deliveries starting in 2026 and has a term of five years.
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Jan 7, 2023 - 03:11 pm
CES: Peugeot Inception Concept rings in next-gen EVs
Peugeot has come to Las Vegas to present what designers call “a new era” in the company’s electric car design. The Inception Concept previews Peugeot’s future EVs which will arrive in 2025 – then relying on a pure BEV architecture.
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Jan 6, 2023 - 01:49 pm
CES: Ram previews the electric pickup truck Ram 1500
Ram Truck, the US commercial vehicle subsidiary of Stellantis, has brought the Ram 1500 Revolution Concept to CES. The all-electric pickup shall hit the US market in 2024 as the series Ram 1500 BEV but for now mostly stands out in the design.
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Jan 5, 2023 - 01:48 pm
Stellantis raises eVTOL deal with Archer to the next level
Stellantis and the Californian flying taxi start-up Archer Aviation have announced a significant expansion of their partnership. They will now join forces to manufacture Archer’s Midnight, the electric VTOL the young company debuted a few months ago.
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Dec 23, 2022 - 12:25 pm
Stellantis to invest as major shareholder in Symbio
Stellantis wants to become the third shareholder in the Symbio fuel cell joint venture, alongside Faurecia and Michelin. Negotiations to acquire a “substantial stake” are underway. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2023.
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Dec 5, 2022 - 04:17 pm
Stellantis tells US dealers how to get ready to sell EVs
Stellantis is introducing EV certification for its US dealers and wants outlets to be ready by 2024, when many of the first all-electric vehicles become available to US customers. Stellantis plans to roll out 25 EVs in North America within the decade.
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Dec 2, 2022 - 03:57 pm
Stellantis & Qinomic consider electric transporter conversions
The car company Stellantis and the French technology company Qinomic are working on an electric conversion concept for light commercial vehicles. The development of the solution is to be completed in 2023 and the market launch started in 2024 – initially in France.
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Nov 29, 2022 - 12:58 pm
Lancia presents branding strategy at ‘Design Day’
In view of its plan to become a pure electric car manufacturer by 2028, the Stellantis subsidiary Lancia held a ‘Design Day’ and not only presented the new brand logo and the new brand lettering, but also gave a preview of the future design of its electric cars with the ‘Pu+Ra Zero’ design concept.
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Nov 23, 2022 - 11:51 am
Abarth presents first electric vehicle model
Fiat’s in-house tuner Abarth will launch the brand’s first purely electric model based on the Fiat 500e. Abarth has made changes to the appearance and the electric drive – but not to the battery.
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Oct 28, 2022 - 11:53 am
Stellantis ramps up fuel cell transporter production
Stellantis has announced that it will now build hydrogen-powered fuel cell versions of the light commercial vehicles of the Peugeot, Citroën and Opel brands in series at a plant in France. Until now, the fuel cell vans were only available in a small series.
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Oct 26, 2022 - 12:48 pm
Opel to release Grandland PHEV as GSe model
Shortly after the announcement of the Astra GSe and Astra Sports Tourer GSe, Opel has unveiled the next model of its electrified subsidiary. The Grandland GSe has a plug-in hybrid drive that combines a 1.6-litre petrol engine with two electric motors (one on each axle).
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Oct 17, 2022 - 01:32 pm
Stellantis debuts all-electric Jeep Avenger
Jeep presented its first BEV model at the Paris Motor Show. The electric Jeep is due for launch in Europe in early 2023. The spec largely follows other Stellantis models, but the Group has yet to set a price despite accepting pre-orders for the ‘1st Edition’ Jeep Avenger.
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Oct 13, 2022 - 06:05 pm
Valeo doubles sales in thermal solutions for EVs
French automotive supplier Valeo has won orders for its thermal systems for vehicle electrification worth more than four billion euros since the beginning of this year. Thermal solutions include air conditioning, heat pumps and battery cooling systems.
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Oct 13, 2022 - 02:14 pm
ACC utilises Comau and Siemens for battery production
The joint venture Automotive Cells Company (ACC) has selected the Italian automation specialist Comau to develop an integrated battery module production line for its planned Gigafactory in France. ACC has also signed an MoU with Siemens to become ACC’s preferred supplier of automation, digitalisation and electrification technology.
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Oct 10, 2022 - 09:09 pm
Stellantis eyes GME Resources for nickel and cobalt
Stellantis has signed a non-binding agreement with GME Resources for the purchase of nickel and cobalt sulphate products from the NiWest project in Western Australia. The NiWest project is not yet in operation and a final decision has yet to be made.
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Oct 4, 2022 - 12:51 pm
Peugeot to introduce new hybrid drive generation in 2023
All Peugeot models will be available with electrified powertrains from 2023. Peugeot will be the first Stellantis brand to introduce the Group’s new generation of hybrid powertrains. The new powertrain will be used in the 3008 and 5008.
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Sep 28, 2022 - 01:18 pm
Opel presents first plug-in hybrid GSe models
After Opel announced that the GSe acronym would return as a sub-brand for particularly dynamic electrified models a few days ago, the carmaker has now published the first images of the new Astra GSe and Astra Sports Tourer GSe models with which the sub-brand will launch.
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Sep 26, 2022 - 05:34 pm
Caselani builds modern 2CV based on ë-Berlingo
Italian coachbuilder Caselani has transformed the Citroën Berlingo into a retro van in the style of the 1950s 2CV AU. Like the standard Berlingo model, the Berlingo 2CV Fourgonnette will also be offered with an all-electric drive and marketed by Caselani, officially licensed by Citroën.
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Sep 14, 2022 - 03:03 pm
Opel announces sporty EV subsidiary
Opel has announced that the GSe acronym is to return as a sub-brand for particularly dynamic electrified models. As part of the GSe comeback, the three letters do not stand for “Grand Sport injection” as before, but for “Grand Sport electric”.
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Sep 13, 2022 - 11:53 am
Peugeot reveals details to the electric 308 and 308 SW
Peugeot has officially confirmed all-electric versions for the 308 and its estate offshoot, the 308 SW. The duo will be on the market from mid-2023 and, as expected, will have a new electric motor on board. The French company also provided a detailed look at the technical data sheet of the double pack.
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Sep 9, 2022 - 11:44 am
Jeep announces vehicle electrification strategy
Stellantis brand Jeep announces the launch of four all-electric SUV models in Europe and North America by the end of 2025. By 2030, all vehicles sold in Europe and 50 per cent of sales in the US will have battery-electric powertrains.
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