Multinational carmaker Stellantis has officially joined the electrical revolution by recently outlining its plan for net zero carbon emissions by 2038. The conglomerate’s strategy, called Dare Forward 2030, calls for 50% of US car sales and 100% of European sales. to be BEV by the end of the decade. Stellantis is also annoying two upcoming EVs under its own brands: Jeep’s first electric SUV and the Ram 1500 BEV pickup, which are said to provide some flagship features.
Stellantis exists as the latest resurrection of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), whose last namesake goes the line between bankruptcy and one of the “big three” in American internal combustion cars for decades. After merging with Peugeot SA, which was finalized in early 2021, the name Stellantis was born.
As the world’s top ten carmakers, Stellantis controls various notable vehicle brands, such as Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep and Ram – to name a few. While Stellantis has an impressive number of well-known brands in markets around the world, its all-electric presence leaves much to be desired, especially as a growing number (well, in fact almost all inherited carmakers) promise a certain percentage of electrification to their fleets. this decade.
Slowly but surely, but mostly slowly, Stellantis appeared on BEV, despite 50% of the extra costs that electric vehicles bear, according to CEO Carlos Tavares, now that electrification is “imposed on the automotive industry”.
Despite Tavares’ disregard for creating more expensive vehicles that are better for the environment, Stellantis is turning to BEV. In January, Chrysler introduced the Airflow Concept EV and promised to become fully electric by 2028. Many models of its European brands such as Opel and Peugeot have also switched to BEV only, and the company itself is investing in future EV technologies such as solid state batteries.
Despite Tavares’ pessimistic outspokenness about electric cars just months ago, he helped chart a 15+ year plan for Stellantis, as it looks like someday it will reach net carbon neutrality.
Stellantis shares a net zero plan, including 75 BEV
Details of Stellantis’ Dare Forward 2030 strategy were outlined in a press release today after a two-hour live presentation. The presentation, led by Tavares, outlined all aspects of Stellantis’ strategy to achieve net zero emissions, including cultural diversity of employees, enhanced women’s leadership and even a support fund for Ukraine.
Here are some key points to save you the need to review the entire presentation:
- Stellantis aims for a 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030, net zero carbon by 2038.
- 100% of sales in Europe will be BEV by the end of the decade, 50% in the US.
- The company plans 75 proposals for BEV in all brands by 2030 to reach a global annual sales of BEV of 5 million.
- A US-specific product offensive is planned, offering more than 25 all-new BEVs (1/3 of the entire BEV portfolio).
- The planned capacity of the battery will increase by 140 GWh to approximately 400 GWh.
- Stellantis will work with Waymo to create a sustainable Delivery as a Service.
- The company aims to reach one-third of global online sales in 2030 and launch a global digital marketplace.
The new Stellantis BEVs include an electric Jeep, Ram 1500
Now let’s get into the things you actually clicked on here, the new electric cars! Not much of Tavares and Stelantis today, but they left us some breadcrumbs before we got a full slice in 2023.
One of the main EVs mentioned, albeit briefly, was the all-electric SUV – the first of its kind under the brand. This new model is scheduled to be launched in the first half of next year and will be the first of an all-electric Jeep, which Tavares says will cover every SUV segment by 2025.
Later this year, Dodge will unveil its first battery-powered muscle car concept. It is expected to be delivered sometime in 2024. Jeep’s electric family SUV will be joined by off-road UV, both of which will arrive in 2024.
Source: Stellantis
Tavares talks about Stellantis’ deal with Amazon as its first EV fleet commercial customer with its Ram ProMaster BEV coming in 2023. Finally, Tavares introduced a teaser for the all-electric Ram 1500 pickup to arrive in 2024. Tavares had some bold promises for the upcoming pickup:
According to our internal performance index, our Ram 1500 will outperform all competitors in the features that customers are most interested in: range, towing, payload, charging time. Really exciting! It is built on our new architecture of the STLA frame, designed specifically for full-size electric vehicles. Do not doubt, we will bring the best electric truck in the full size segment. And Ram will continue to deliver fully electrified solutions in most of its segments until 2025 and a full portfolio of electrified solutions for all its segments no later than 2030.
You can view the entire Stellantis presentation here.
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