A capacity of more than 1 million electric motors per year from 2024 for the Stellantis plant in Trémery
- Emotors, a 50/50 joint venture between Nidec Leroy-Somer and the Stellantis Group, designs and develops electric traction motors in France for the automotive industry. In particular, it produces three types of motors: a 48V permanent magnet motor with a power of 6 to 30 kW for MHEVs and electric small urban vehicles (Citroën eAmi for example), a 400V permanent magnet motor with an output range from 60 to 120 kW for plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) and a 400V permanent magnet motor with an output range from 60 to 250 kW for battery electric vehicles (BEVs).
- In September 2022, Emotors launched a new production line in the Stellantis factory in Trémery (France) to produce a first electric motor named "M3" (115 kW) for Stellantis BEVs. It will then be followed the same year by an "M2" engine for the group's PHEVs. In 2023, according to Stellantis, an "M4" engine for BEVs will also be launched.
- Still according to Stellantis, the M3 engine will initially equip the DS3 e-Tense, Peugeot e208, Jeep Avenger and Opel Mokka models in early 2023. It will then equip the other models of the group gradually according to their launch. Eventually, the M3 engine should replace the ePWT engine that equips the group's BEVs in Europe.
- The production of gasoline and diesel engines, as well as the e-PWT engine is still maintained. The objective announced by Stellantis for the Trémery plant is to move in 2024 to a production of 50% of electric motors (compared to 15% in 2021), 30% of diesel engines (67% in 2021) and 20% of motors gasoline (18% in 2021). Finally, according to Stellantis, the group's objective is to produce more than one million electric motors (ePWT, M2, M3 and M4) from 2024.
- According to Inovev, 760,000 plug-in electric vehicles (BEVs and PHEVs) will be produced by Stellantis in Europe in 2024. This capacity of more than one million engines per year therefore seems realistic and will meet the demand for the current electric models of the Stellantis group and the future models, including those from Lancia, Alfa-Romeo and Jeep. The plant could also supply other automotive groups, such as Toyota.