Get electrified or die. the future of the automobile factory stellantis (formerly PSA/car salon) in Figueruelas and the industry as a whole inevitably involves electric car production on a large scale. The Aragon factory is already halfway into the new era of sustainable mobility, with the plug-in version of the Opel Corsa it has been assembling for two years and other models of this type in its portfolio. Mass production of the Peugeot 208 and Lancia Ypsilon will begin this fall and next spring. respectively. But this technological leap requires the company to make huge investments. cycle gear lever Perte VEC (Electric and Connected Vehicle), which launched a second call for help with 559 million euros.
The factory in Spain and the management of the group are already analyzing this new financing path to get a share of the pie. Since last Wednesday, the window to apply to qualify for the funds has been opened. The Zaragoza plant is firmly enlisted in the acquisition of one of the group’s new industrial platforms. SpecialSTLA Small, which will be standard for all small models of the group brands from 2026. The Aragon plant faces the challenge of migrating from existing production systems (CMP and EMP2 from PSA).
With this, the factory plans to connect the electrified models allocated to it and secure its future for the next ten years. No last minute surprises and just like any other company would. Stellantis will present its proposal before September 15, after meeting the claims of CEO Carlos Tavares.especially in terms of cost and quality.
Although the workforce is currently on vacation, the factory continues its activities with the usual adaptation studies carried out during the summer months. Write a term often used to accelerate the implementation of new processes with the idea of affecting the activity as little as possible. Considering STLA Small’s more than possible awardsIt is foreseen that the adaptation studies of the new platform will be carried out in the summer of 2024, When will Perte’s call be resolved?
The new Stellantis industrial platform offered by the Figueruelas factory extends to Italy. In addition to the Vigo plant, the group is working to allocate the plant on which they will be based. The new electric compactors of the multinational company in the factory Pomigliano, located near Naples, In the south of the country of the Alps. According to sources in the sector, state support will upset the balance in the coming months, as in Spain. Fiat Panda and Alfa Romeo Tonale models are currently produced here.
The target Stellantis pursues with the platform is twofold. On the one hand, maintaining two lines, thus avoiding being a single-stream factory, like most of the group, this means things go to waste. On the other hand, it’s a giant leap forward in electrification that drives the group.
New deal clears the future
Although Stellantis has five European sites awarded one of the STLAs (in Germany, France and Italy), the group has not officially awarded the smallest so far; Compact electric models of the multinational company with an autonomy of up to 500 kilometers. The only plant that bids for it and has a more or less clear future, Zaragosafollowing an agreement between workers and management to sign the new contract in exchange for the implementation of an industry plan that will allow new models to come with that platform.
The allocation of public incentives is lacking, with the Perte VEC’s newly published second call to make it happen definitively. Stellantis will bid with the idea of accessing the bulk of the funds to establish STLA Small in Zaragoza and Vigo. in these moments andThere are top suppliers bidding multinational for orders for future platformboth for the part that will touch Spain and for Italy.