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Stellantis announces a major deal for electric vans in North America. Merchants Fleet has ordered 12,500 electric transporters with Ram Truck, which the Stellantis brand will deliver over several years. The ProMaster EV van Merchant Fleet opted for is ...

Stellantis moves production of the Peugeot e-208 to Spain

Stellantis has started small-scale production of the Peugeot e-208 at its plant near Zaragoza, according to Spanish media. The model was previously produced at the Trnava plant in Slovakia, but has now been moved to Zaragoza, where the Opel ...

VW, Stellantis & Glencore invest in Brazilian mines

Volkswagen, Stellantis and the mining company Glencore support the purchase of two mines for battery raw materials in Brazil by the financial company ACG. The latter wants to buy a nickel sulphide and a copper mine for one billion ...

Hype H2 taxis cater to people with reduced mobility

The Hype hydrogen taxi fleet in Paris will be expanded this year by a total of 50 examples of the Stellantis models Peugeot e-Expert Hydrogen and Citroën ë-Jumpy Hydrogen for people with reduced mobility. The new H2 vehicles offer ...

Stellantis gears up Rennes factory for SUV production

The car manufacturer Stellantis has announced plans to invest 160 million euros in its plant in Rennes in the north of France. An electric SUV is to roll off the production line there from 2025. The electric car is ...

Fiat revives the Topolino name in form of a fully electric tiny car

Fiat is reviving the name its iconic Fiat 500 was commonly running under. Yet, this time, Topolino designates an all-electric mini car, which may easily be the most petite electric Fiat in the range. It also looks likely to ...

Stellantis considers building further battery factories in the US

Stellantis is planning one or two additional battery factories in the USA, as no less a person than Group CEO Carlos Tavares explained. The US Inflation Reduction Act has created “very favourable” investment conditions in the country. Tavares told ...

ACC opens battery factory in France

Automotive Cells Company (ACC), a battery cell joint venture by Stellantis, Total and Mercedes-Benz, inaugurated its first factory in France. However, the “Grand Opening” of the ACC Gigafactory in Billy-Berclau/Douvrin in the Hauts-de-France region is not synonymous with commissioning, ...

Comau develops automatic 2nd life storage line

Italian automation specialist Comau, part of the Stellantis Group, is developing a fully automated system for sustainable battery recycling and second-life reuse as part of the EU’s Flex-BD project. Flex-BD is a robotic system that automates the entire process ...

Stellantis buys into Li-S battery developer Lyten

Stellantis invests in lithium-sulphur battery developer Lyten, working on a novel three-dimensional graphene material platform. Stellantis wants to get in on what could be a breakthrough in the Li-S sector. Utilising Lyten developments, Stellantis aims for advanced Lithium-Sulfur based ...

New Citroen C3 in South Africa – Starting at R229,000

The new Citroen C3 is now on sale in South Africa at a relatively affordable starting price of R229,900, which includes a 5-year/100,000km warranty and 2-year/30,000km service plan. Initially, only the Feel specification of the hatchback will be sold with ...

Opel reveals revised Corsa Electric

Opel is giving its classic small car Corsa a facelift that comes with some technical changes to the electric version. The battery-electric Corsa-e, which Opel now calls Corsa Electric, gets more power and an improved battery for more range ...

US Gov’ launches initiatives to enhance EV charging reliability and UX

The US government is launching two new federal initiatives aligned with President Biden’s goal of establishing a national network of 500,000 public EV charging ports. This time around, it is all about reliability. One of these initiatives is the ...

Stellantis & LG ES suspend work on Canadian battery plant

Stellantis and LG Energy Solution are suspending work on their battery factory announced last year in Windsor in the Canadian province of Ontario. The companies claim Canada’s federal government has failed to meet its obligations to the project. At ...

Stellantis to recall over 90,000 PHEVs due to fire risk

Stellantis Group, which includes Citroen, DS, Opel and Peugeot brands, has announced a recall of over 90,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to dealerships. Approximately 32,000 of these affected PHEVs are in Germany. The recall is due to an increased ...

The Peugeot e-2008 gets more power and a facelift

The Peugeot e-2008 is getting an update three years after its market launch. Among other things under the bonnet – with 15 kW more power and a larger battery. The small SUV now has a 115 kW electric motor ...

Stellantis orders raw battery materials in Australia

Stellantis has secured nickel and cobalt from Australia. The car company entered into a binding agreement with Alliance Nickel (formerly GME Resources) to supply 170,000 tonnes of nickel sulphate and 12,000 tonnes of cobalt sulphate over an initial period ...

Stellantis throws its hat in the e-fuels ring

An each-way bet is underway for the multiband group as it investigates e-fuel viability

Maserati Grecale GT Drive Review : Wind of Change

Maserati Grecale GT Drive Review : Wind of Change Singapore – Just as the Mistral, Ghibli, Bora and Khamsin were so named from before, the Maserati Grecale carries on the brand’s tradition of taking inspiration for its name from ...

Lancia concept Pu+Ra HPE gives design preview of future EVs

Stellantis brand Lancia previews its ten-year vision with an all-electric concept vehicle, the Lancia Pu+Ra HPE. While it is based on a model set to launch in 2024, it is unclear whether or not this version will ever hit ...

Stellantis deepens ties with China's Miracle Automation for parts remanufacturing

Stellantis signed a memorandum of understanding with China-based Miracle Oruide Guangzhou Auto Parts Remanufacture on April 10. The Amsterdam-based carmaker is building a recycling network covering engines and EV batteries in China. According to an announcement from Miracle Automation ...

Alfa Romeo is planning to build two electric SUVs

Alfa Romeo reportedly wants to launch an electric car under the model name Brennero as a spin-off of the Jeep Avenger next year. While the Brennero will probably still be available with several types of drive, the successor generation ...

France: Atlante installs fast charger for Duval

Fast-charging provider Atlante, a joint venture between Stellantis, NHOA Group and Free2move eSolutions, is partnering with France’s Groupe Duval to build 188 DC and HPC charging points at sites owned by the property company across France. The first of ...

Electric Ram pickup with up to 800 km range

Ram has finally released the technical specs about its 1500 REV pickup truck. The carmaker also confirmed that the vehicle is built on Stellantis’ STLA Frame platform. The pickup model is currently celebrating its world premiere at the New ...

Opel is marketing the Mokka Electric as a service vehicle

Opel is now offering the Mokka Electric as a workshop and service vehicle with a drawer and shelf system in the rear. The corresponding in-vehicle equipment comes from conversion specialist Bott. The Vario3 system from Bott is integrated into a ...

Future of EVs limited by material scarcity, says Stellantis CEO

Tavares was also critical of the government regulations that emphasised electric mobility over other possible alternatives. Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, in a recent interview, outlined a “volatile” situation which may restrict EV manufacturers globally. He stated that the ...

Opel designs electric moon buggy

This year we have once again discovered the best April Fool’s jokes in the field of e-mobility and compiled them for you. For example, Opel is showing the Corsa Moon II, a solar-powered electric vehicle for space tourism based ...

Stellantis will build EVs in Portugal

Stellantis will manufacture electric vehicles in Portugal in the future. From early 2025, the production centre in Mangualde will be the first assembly plant in Portugal to build battery-electric vans for Citroën, Fiat, Opel and Peugeot in large-scale production. ...

Citroen begins exports from Kamarajar Port Ltd

TNNAutomaker Citroen has commenced export of its vehicles from Kamarajar Port Ltd in Tamil Nadu, the company said on Friday. Chairman of Kamarajar Port Ltd Sunil Paliwal, along with senior company officials, flagged off the first batch of vehicles at ...

Stellantis & US DoE announce Battery Workforce Challenge

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and Stellantis have announced the Battery Workforce Challenge, which will kick off in fall 2023. The challenge includes a three-year collegiate engineering competition, vocational training, youth education in science, technology, engineering and math, ...

MAXIMA: Research teams aim to make axial flux motors cheaper

The development of axial flux synchronous machines (AFSM) for the broad automotive market and the associated manufacturing process are the goals of the new EU-funded research project MAXIMA. Cheaper AFSMs are to be investigated by 2027. ASFMs currently on ...

Opel to release battery-electric Grandland in 2024

Opel’s Grandland compact SUV will get an all-electric successor next year. The parent company Stellantis is investing €130 million in the German plant in Eisenach to prepare it for the production of the BEV successor to the Opel Grandland. ...

2 Brands Are Driving Most of Stellantis’ Sales Volume

Stellantis’ Q4 2022 sales data Stellantis’ Q4 2022 best selling brands How did other Stellantis brands perform? Stellantis is most famous in the United States for automotive brands like Dodge, Chrysler, Ram, and Jeep. Like other automakers, Stellantis struggled ...

New car factory opening in South Africa – Which models could be built here

South Africa received great news last week when it was announced that the Stellantis automotive group would be setting up shop right here on the tip of the continent. Stellantis signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Industrial ...

Bermaz Auto Alliance Launches New Peugeot Landtrek Pickup Truck

Bermaz Auto Alliance Sdn Bhd (BAASB), the sole distributor for Peugeot vehicles in Malaysia, has officially launched the new Peugeot Landtrek pickup truck. This also marks the Landtrek’s first appearance in ASEAN, offering Peugeot’s brand values of “Allure, Emotion, ...

Stellantis Has a Dependability Problem According to a New Study

Dodge is the 1 Stellantis brand more dependable than average How dependable are Jeep and Ram vehicles? The Stellantis brand Chrysler has a long way to go toward good dependability Stellantis owns several automotive brands selling vehicles in the ...

TGS talks to the Stellantis Head of Asean, Christophe Musy : Making Electrification More Accessible

TGS talks to the Stellantis Head of Asean, Christophe Musy : Making Electrification More Accessible Singapore – Our island nation is aiming to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, and Singapore is in-line with Europe’s strategy against greenhouse gas ...

America’s Chrysler Outbuilt Germany’s Third Reich in WWII Tanks

Chrysler got a head start building tanks Where was Chrysler’s WWII tank plant located? Which WWII tanks did Chrysler build? What happened to Chrysler’s old tank plant? During times of national duress, major companies are often called upon to ...

Stellantis converts Cassino plant for large electric vehicles

The Stellantis plant in Cassino, Italy, where vehicles of the Alfa Romeo and Maserati brands roll off the production line, will in future also produce electric vehicles based on the STLA Large platform, which is specially designed for BEVs. ...

Stellantis appoints Vehya to help US dealers get EV-ready

Stellantis has chosen its next partner in support of getting its US dealers ready to sell the Group’s electric models. Vehya, a Detroit-based company, will offer Stellantis’ 2,600-strong dealer network evaluations and EV integration services. The move follows earlier ...

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