Stellantis details platform for mid-size EVs, starting with Europe

Stellantis on Wednesday revealed some technical highlights of its STLA Medium platform, one in every of 4 devoted EV platforms in improvement for future electrical fashions.

The automaker revealed its STLA platform strategy two years in the past this month, unveiling STLA Medium alongside the STLA Small, STLA Giant, and STLA Body platforms, however up till now it hasn’t launched way more details about the technical structure. It is now confirming some particulars for the STLA Medium platform.

STLA Medium is designed for mid-size vehicles in what is understood within the trade because the C- and D-segments, a Stellantis press launch mentioned. The automaker famous that it at the moment has 26 nameplates globally in these segments, and could have manufacturing capability for as much as two million STLA-Medium-based autos per yr unfold throughout a number of crops, with the primary autos coming from Europe.

A Customary Pack and Efficiency Pack can be obtainable, providing as much as 310 miles and 435 miles of vary, respectively, as measured on the European WLTP testing cycle (corresponding U.S. EPA figures can be decrease). Stellantis did not get away particular capability numbers, however mentioned autos based mostly on the STLA Medium platform could have a most 98 kwh of usable vitality and can goal vitality consumption of lower than 14 kwh per 100 km.

Stellantis is sticking with a 400-volt electrical structure, fairly than 800-volt, however remains to be aiming for a 20% to 80% cost in 27 minutes with DC quick charging, a price of two.4 kwh per minute, based on the corporate.

The platform can accommodate single-motor front-wheel drive or dual-motor all-wheel drive powertrains, with focused outputs between 214 hp and 382 hp.

Stellantis STLA Medium platform

Deliberate physique kinds embrace “passenger vehicles, crossovers, and SUVs,” based on Stellantis. The platform can accommodate wheelbase lengths of 106.2 inches to 114.1 inches, total lengths of 169.2 inches to 192.9 inches, plus floor clearance of greater than 8.6 inches for off-road autos.

Off-road competence will possible be vital, as one in every of a number of deliberate Jeep electric SUVs might be based mostly on the STLA Medium platform. Stellantis plans to launch 25 EVs within the U.S. by 2030, together with a Dodge electric muscle car based mostly on the STLA Giant Platform and a totally electrical and range-extended Ram electric truck. And STLA Medium might kind the premise for heart-of-the-market crossovers from Peugeot, Citroën, and Fiat in Europe. 

The corporate has acted to localize manufacturing of core techniques for these platforms—with drive modules from Indiana and batteries probably from Indiana and Canada. Final week the automaker additionally gave a glimpse of the way it plans to aggregate EV charging information, however it did not but say whether or not it’d soar to the Tesla NACS customary.