Stellantis prefers the UK to produce electric vans
The historic Vauxhall factory in Luton will produce the Vivaro Electric, the Opel Vivaro Electric, the Peugeot E-Expert, the Citroën ë-Dispatch and the Fiat Professional E-Scudo for Stellantis. All the details
Brexit does not cause the vans of the Stellantis group to move house, which since the Vauxhall days were assembled in Luton, a town in the county of Bedfordshire, about fifty kilometers from London.
STELLANTIS ELECTRICAL PLANS FOR LUTON
There Stellantis will start the production of medium-sized electric vans starting from the first half of 2025. As stated in a note , the 'start' button – according to the industrial plan – will be pressed in the spring of next year, making Luton the second plant Stellantis in the United Kingdom to produce electric vehicles and contributing, the Group communicates, to satisfying the growing demand for medium-sized electric vans in the future.
THE ELECTRIC VANS BAKED OUT
The Luton plant will produce the Vauxhall Vivaro Electric, the Opel Vivaro Electric, the Peugeot E-Expert, the Citroën ë-Dispatch and the Fiat Professional E-Scudo, with right-hand and left-hand drive, therefore also products for the rest of the Old continent.
The announcement follows the start of electric vehicle production at Ellesmere Port in 2023, making it the UK's first all-electric vehicle manufacturing facility.
THE HISTORIC VAUXHALL PLANT SAFEGUARDED
Opened in 1905 by Vauxhall, Fiat has only set foot in Luton in recent years. In fact, the first vehicle from the Turin company produced in the United Kingdom dates back to the end of 2022 and was the Scudo . Among the first electric vehicles produced in Luton, the New Vauxhall Vivaro Electric.
In the UK, Stellantis gained a 47.9 per cent share of the electric van market last year, with Vauxhall the best-selling manufacturer and Vivaro Electric the top-selling electric van across the Channel.
NO GOODBYE TO ENDothermic
It should be noted that the Group takes advantage of the different legislation in the United Kingdom regarding the ecological transition of mobility to underline that the production of equivalent vans with internal combustion engines (Ice) will continue alongside the electric versions.
Repeating the mantra that Carlos Tavares , CEO of the Group, chants at every meeting with the Italian government , Maria Grazia Davino , group managing director of Stellantis UK, also explained that it is necessary for "the British government to stimulate greater demand in the electric vehicle market and support manufacturers investing in the UK for a sustainable transition.”
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/stellantis-preferisce-il-regno-unito-per-produrre-i-furgoni-elettrici/ on Fri, 23 Feb 2024 09:57:10 +0000.