All Stellantis electric plans in the world
This is where Stellantis intends to build its gigafactories, chasing government incentives
There is not only the new Panda Ev (or the new Punto?) To be built in Kragujevac , Serbia: Stellantis, the mega group led by Carlos Tavares, fourth builder in the world, intends to build the Bev and Phev announced in Dare Forward 2030 in all four corners of the globe. In Europe, and beyond. Let's review the latest moves and leading investments.
INVESTMENTS IN SERBIA (WHICH ITALIANS DO NOT LIKE)
Staying very close to Italy, Stellantis, as reported by the agency Energia Oltre , will install a new electric platform in the Serbian plant in Kragujevac, which is 33% owned by the state of Serbia.
It seemed that the plant, owned by FCA since 2019, has always been smoke and mirrors for the Italian unions, had to close since in the last period Kragujevac had produced the Fiat 500L, now reached the end of its career and the shifts had become so rarefied that several workers had been deployed to the Trnava plant in Slovakia. Instead, the Euro-American Group has invested 190 million euros for the modernization of the lines in view of new electric models. On the other hand, it will enjoy various state incentives.
STELLANTIS HUNTING FOR INCENTIVES: FROM SPAIN TO INDIA
Still remaining close to Italy, as reported by the newspaper "Cinco Dias", the extension for applications for Strategic Projects for Economic Recovery and Transformation (Perte) that the Spanish government has extended until June 3, should allow for Stellantis to finalize investment plans in its three Spanish plants in Vigo, Figueruelas (Zaragoza) and Madrid.
The investment in the Zaragoza factory, where the company assembles the Opel Corsa model, is expected to be around 230 million euros. To be accepted by the executive and obtain public support, the projects participating in the call must be submitted by a group of at least five subjects (not from the same entrepreneurial group) linked to the production of electric cars and include the participation of startups and SMEs.
Likewise, the public incentives put on the table are always pushing Stellantis to increase its presence in India. At the moment it holds a negligible market share, equal to 1%, but the incentives of the "Make in India" industrial plan, wanted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to develop the Indian automotive industry in the last few hours, prompted Tavares to affirm that it is always a stronger commitment "to grow and strengthen our presence in India, to make this strategic country a key pillar of our global ambitions within the framework of the Dare Forward 2030 plan".
MAKE IN INDIA IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET TO THE MARKET
Also because producing locally is the only way to enter the immense Indian market on equal terms with the Indian and foreign brands that they assemble in India. The country, in fact, presents the duties on the importation of the highest vehicles in the world: on several occasions the Tesla entrepreneur, Elon Musk , has asked India to lower them and has always been told that if he wants to sell to about 1 , 4 billion Indians must first bring jobs and open factories, as several German and Asian brands have already done.
At the moment Stellantis is already present in India, with its main office in Mumbai (in the state of Maharashtra) and engineering and product development activities in Pune (Maharashtra), Chennai (Tamil Nadu) and has also entered into a joint venture with Tata for the production of engines and vehicles in Ranjangaon (Maharashtra), where the Jeep Compass is assembled for the local market and other right-hand drive states, such as Japan and Australia. Not only.
During the years of the pandemic, the Group raised 150 million dollars (123 million euros) for the construction of a global technological hub in Hyderabad, the largest available to Stellantis outside the western borders. Always remaining in Asia, Stellantis has gradually strengthened its joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Group (Gac Group) which mainly hinges on the Changsha production plant.
INVESTMENTS IN CANADA AND THE USA
In addition to strengthening its presence in the USA, where the Group is necessarily "at home", in the past weeks Stellantis has presented an investment plan worth 3.6 billion Canadian dollars (2.6 billion euros) to convert to the electric factories in Windsor and Brampton, Ontario. The former will be transformed to produce a new multi-energy vehicle (MEV) architecture, while Brampton will produce EV vehicles from 2025.
Great attention, then, to the R&D department through the expansion of the Automotive Research and Development Center (ARDC) and the hiring of 650 highly qualified engineers to work on electrified propulsion systems but also on the proprietary software under development that will be installed on increasingly smart models, with reference – not formalized but highly probable – to autonomous driving.
Also in Canada, Stellantis and LG Energy Solutions (LGES) signed a binding agreement worth more than $ 4 billion to build the first lithium-ion battery cell and module manufacturing facility to meet a significant portion of their production needs. Stellantis vehicles in North America. The plant aims to have an annual production capacity in excess of 45 gigawatt hours (GWh) and will create up to 2,500 new jobs. Here, too, incentives are envisaged at the municipal, provincial and federal levels to fully support the success of the joint venture operation.
Recall that with the Dare Forward 2030 plan, Stellantis is working to reach 100% of sales in Europe and 50% of sales in the United States consisting of battery electric vehicles (Bevs) by the end of the decade.
If the crisis of semiconductors, raw materials and between Russia and Ukraine does not impact too much, in the next eight years 75 Bevs will arrive based mainly on STLA, "star", the architectures designed to give life to the future generation of split lithium-ion cars in 4 types: Small, for models with a range of up to 500 km, Medium, designed for e-cars that can travel up to 700 km with zero emissions, Large, for sturdy vehicles with a range of up to 800 km and Frame, for naturally EV pick-ups and light trucks with a range of up to 800 km.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/tutti-i-piani-elettrici-di-stellantis-in-giro-per-il-mondo/ on Mon, 30 May 2022 06:10:57 +0000.