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  • Four new SUVs will be produced at the Melfi plant

    Four new SUVs will be produced at the Melfi plant
    - TheStellantis group has just communicated on its results for the first half of 2022, which shows a real distortion between global sales down 16% over the period (3.02 million vehicles) and a profit up 34% compared to the first half of2021.Sales of electric vehicles thus jumped 50% year-on-year to reach 136,000 units in the first half of 2022. But North America remains the most profitable region with the increase in sales of large pick-ups. up Dodge Ram and SUV Jeep which together represent more than one million units in the first half of 2022.
    - Thecarmakeralso communicated on the future manufacturing program of its Italian plant inMelfi. Currently, this site manufactures the Fiat 500 X, Jeep Renegade and Jeep Compass SUVs. But these models are at the end of their life.
    - From 2024, the plant will host the production of four new 100% electric SUVs based on the new STLA Medium(or e-VMP) platform which will be inaugurated in 2023 on the new generation of the Peugeot 3008 SUV.
    - The four future models manufactured on theMelfi site have not been precisely identified, but they could be future DS, Opel, Lancia D-segment SUVs: Future DS 9 (D85) in 2024 and derivative model at Opel (O85), then future DS 7 (D84) in 2026 and derived model at Lancia (L84). For its part, the Jeep brand will gradually abandon the Renegade and Compass at the end of their life to focus on the Avenger model which will be unveiled this fall and which will be manufactured inTichy, Poland.
    22-21-4
     
       

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  • Inovev forecasts 100,000 units per year of the new Jeep Avenger

    Inovev forecasts 100,000 units per year of the new Jeep Avenger
    - TheStellantisplantsinTichy (Poland)and inMelfi (Italy) will be transformed over the next two years to focuson the manufacture of electric cars, which has not been the case untilnow. TheFiat 500 which is currently manufacturedinTichy,is equipped with athermal engine, the one withan electricmotor being produced on theMirafiori site in Italy. TheTichy site has lost a lot in production volume since the transfer of the Fiat Panda from theTichy site to the Italian site ofPomigliano in 2012 and sincethe end ofproductionofthe FordKa in 2016. In 2022, the site ofTichy will only produce 155,000 end-of-life cars (Fiat 500s and LanciaYpsilons). Succession will go through the new Jeep Avenger SUV and its Alfa-Romeo and Lancia derivatives.
    - The new Jeep Avenger which has just been unveiled(and which takes the name of an old 1970 Hillman rebadged Chrysler in 1976 and Talbot in 1979) will be launched in 2023, on the e-CMP platform of the Peugeot e-2008, Opel e-Mokka and DS3Crossback E-Tense.
    - It will therefore be shorter than the Renegade (4.10 m instead of 4.23 m) and will be the brand's first model to be equipped with a 100% electricengine and battery(the same as that of the 2008 andMokka) which will allow a range of 400 km according to the WLTP cycle. It will also be offered in a petrol version, borrowing the 1.2-litre 3-cylinder fitted to the 2008 andMokka.
    - The Jeep Avenger will also be the brand's first model to be marketed only in Europe and not in the United States.Inovevforecasts 100,000annual sales of the Jeep Avenger.
    22-21-5
     
       

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  • Stellantis will produce a new Toyota LCV based on the Fiat Ducato from 2024

    Stellantis will produce a new Toyota LCV based on the Fiat Ducato from 2024
    - The Stellantis and Toyota groups have been collaborating for several years in the field of LCVs(light utilityvehicles).
    - In the N1-1segment, which represents small light commercialvehicles, the Toyota ProAce City borrows its bodywork and engines from the CitroënBerlingo, PeugeotPartner, Opel Combo and future FiatDoblo. This vehicle is produced at the Spanish site inVigo, alongside thesemodels.
    - In the N1-2segment, which represents medium-sized light utilityvehicles, the Toyota ProAce borrows its bodywork and engines from the CitroënJumpy, PeugeotExpert, Opel Vivaro and more recently FiatScudo. This vehicle is produced at the French site in Valenciennes alongside thesemodels.
    - In the N1-3segment, which represents large light commercialvehicles, there was currently no Toyota model based on the Stellantis groupmodels. The Stellantis and Toyota groups have therefore just decided to extend their partnership in thiscategory.The new Toyota LCV which will top off the ProAce and ProAce City range from 2024 will borrow its bodywork and engines from the CitroënJumper, PeugeotBoxer, Fiat Ducato and more recently OpelMovano.The new ToyotaLCV, whose name is not yetknown, will be produced at the Polish site in Gliwice and at the Italian site in Val di Sangro alongside its counterparts from the Stellantisgroup.
    - The production volume of Toyota LCVs in Europe did not exceed 69,000 units in2021, compared to 250,000Fiats, 225,000Citroëns, 210,000 Peugeots and 154,000Opels.
     
       
     

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  • Where are Stellantis battery electric vehicles produced?

    Where are Stellantis battery electric vehicles produced?
    - Volkswagen has announced that it wants to produce 700,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) per year at five different assembly plants in Germany by 2030, in addition to the 500,000 BEVs per year at theMartorell plant in Spain. On its side, Renault has announced that it wants to produce 400,000 BEVs per year at the Douai plant in France, in addition to the 100,000 BEVs per year at theMaubeuge plant in France. What about theStellantis group's strategy regarding BEV production location?
    - The current production ofStellantis BEVs is spread all over Europe and it is possible that it will remain the case for several years. Indeed,Stellantis BEVs are directly derived from primarily combustion engine vehicles and therefore share the same platforms, which are then adapted for electric versions. These versions are assembled at the same plant where the thermal versions of these models are produced.
    - Thus, the e-Corsa is produced where theCorsa is produced, in Zaragoza (Spain); the e-208 where the 208 is produced, inTrnava (Slovakia); the e-2008 where the 2008 is produced, inVigo (Spain); the e-C4 where the C4 is produced, inVillaverde (Spain); the e-Mokka where theMokka is produced, inPoissy (France); the DS3Crossback E-Tense where the DS3Crossback, inPoissy (France),etc...
    - On the other hand, some models, like the Fiat e-500, are assembled at specific plants. And theStellantis group has announced that the Ellesmere Port site will become in 2022 a site dedicated to the production of Citroën e-Berlingo, Peugeot e-Partner, Opel e-Combo and Toyota e-ProAce City. It is therefore not impossible that in the future, with the full electrification of certainStellantis brands,plants may become dedicated to the production of battery electric vehicles, but not before 2024.
       
     

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