Stellantis: Hungarian-made electric motors
Stellantis profoundly transforms its production plant Saint Gotthard, a company that has been assembling engines since the 1990s under the umbrella of Opel. WITH investments of 103 million euroswill be produced by this plant located in Hungary electric motors for the Stellantis group, more precisely 3-in-1 Electric Power Modules (EDM)which combine the electric motor, reducer and converter into a single module.
“Localizing the production of our electric power modules in St. Gotthard to support our electric transformation is another important part of our goal to offer our customers safe, clean and affordable mobility solutions”Arnaud Debeuf, chief production officer of Stellantis, said on the occasion: “Employees at the plant can be proud of their work, which will become an integral part of our electrified future and allow us to deliver state-of-the-art, customer-focused vehicles for all iconic brands. »
The investment amounts to more than 50 billion euros
Currently, the plant in St. Gotthard produces the 1.2-liter 3-cylinder turbo engine and the 1.6-liter 4-cylinder thermal engine used in Stellantis models. Stellantis employees will benefit from the training so they can assemble EDMs for the future platform STLA is a native BEVand to provide machining of certain components as well as EDM testing.
Thus, Stellantis continues his efforts modernization of their factories : plants in Tremery-Metz, France and Kokomo, Indiana, United States were also converted to allow EDM production. In addition, the Mirafiori factory in Italy will increase production of electrified dual-clutch eDCT transmissions to equip Stellantis hybrid and hybrid vehicles.
As part of its Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan, Stellantis is targeting 100% electric passenger car sales in Europe and 50% electric car and pickup truck sales in the United States by the end of the year. decade For this, the Franco-Italian group invests more than 50 billion euros in the electrification of its range.
With six battery plants in Europe and North America, Stellantis has a battery production capacity of approx 400 GWh.
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Source: Auto Plus
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