Click for more information. While the engineering technology is attractive, designers will need to add visual appeal for buyers.
Stellantis (NYSE: STLA / Euronext Milan: STLAM) has unveiled the so-called STLA Medium, a global Battery Electric Vehcle platform with a claimed best-in-class range of 700 kilometers (435 miles), energy efficiency, embedded power and charging power. The STLA Medium is the first of four global BEV platforms to be launched after an announcement at EV Day in July 2021. It will be used in several plants to support electrification, starting with Europe this year. (AutoInformed: Dare Forward 2030 – Stellantis Survival Plan Unveiled*)
“What we see today is the product of just over two years of no-compromise innovation to deliver clean, safe and affordable mobility, supported by our €30 billion investment in electrification and software through 2025,” said Carlos Tavares, Stellantis CEO.
“The STLA Medium platform demonstrates the power of the global Stellantis technical community, delivering products that are hyper-focused on our customers and rewriting long-held assumptions of transportation as we drive for carbon net zero by 2038,” Tavares claimed. (AutoInformed: Stellantis Shareholders Approve €4.2 Billion Dividend)
The platform can be used on a variety of vehicles and propulsion configurations in the center of the mass-market, the C- and D-segments, which accounted for 35 million sales in 2022 of the 78.5 million vehicles sold globally that year. Stellantis brands right now offer 26 vehicle nameplates in those segments on a variety of platforms. Up to two million vehicles per year can be built on the STLA Medium platform in several plants.
STLA Medium at First Glance
The BEV-by-design STLA Medium platform has a range as stated of more than 700 km (435 miles) with a Performance pack, while a Standard pack is rated at more than 500 km (310 miles) on the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP). With a claimed useful energy up to 98 kilowatt-hours (kWh), STLA Medium is said to be best in class in embedded energy between the wheels.
STLA Medium uses a 400-volt electric architecture. It is projected to deliver best-in-class energy efficiency and charging time and connectivity to a charging and services “ecosystem.” Depending on the application, consumption can be less than 14 kWh per 100 km, which is the claimed best in class in energy efficiency. Owners will be able to take their battery from 20% to 80% charge in 27 minutes, a rate of 2.4 kWh per minute.
Vehicles based on STLA Medium will be sold globally and be available with front-drive or all-wheel drive with the addition of a second electric drive module at the rear, with BEV power output range from 160 to 285 kW.
Body styles will include passenger cars, crossovers and SUVs. Stellantis designers can conceive vehicles with:
- A wheelbase ranging between 2,700-2,900 millimeters.
- An overall length range of 4.3-4.9 meters.
- Ground clearance of more than 220 mm for off-road capability and performance.
- Wheels up to 750 mm in diameter are said to be a key attribute for the platform design.
Future STLA Platforms
The STLA platform family (Small/Medium/Large/Frame) is claimed to be “future proof,” with modular and inherent flexibility in wheelbase, width, overhang, ride height and suspension design. “The capabilities and performance of STLA based vehicles will adapt and improve over the years with the implementation of the STLA Brain architecture, STLA SmartCockpit and STLA AutoDrive platforms – enabling over-the-air updates to software and enhanced hardware,” said Stellantis.
- The engineered-in flexibility includes propulsion consisting of front-drive, rear-drive, all-wheel drive and multi-energy – covered by a family of three, scalable electric drive modules (EDMs).
- The platforms are designed with provisions for future battery chemistries, including nickel- and cobalt-free and solid-state batteries.
*Stellantis Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan includes reaching a 100% passenger car battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales mix in Europe and a 50% passenger car and light-duty truck BEV sales mix in the United States by 2030. Forecast are deep emission cuts to half CO2 by 2030, (using 2021 metrics), and to achieve carbon net zero by 2038 with some offsets used.
Stellantis Shows New Global EV Platform – STLA Medium
Click for more information. While the engineering technology is attractive, designers will need to add visual appeal for buyers.
Stellantis (NYSE: STLA / Euronext Milan: STLAM) has unveiled the so-called STLA Medium, a global Battery Electric Vehcle platform with a claimed best-in-class range of 700 kilometers (435 miles), energy efficiency, embedded power and charging power. The STLA Medium is the first of four global BEV platforms to be launched after an announcement at EV Day in July 2021. It will be used in several plants to support electrification, starting with Europe this year. (AutoInformed: Dare Forward 2030 – Stellantis Survival Plan Unveiled*)
“What we see today is the product of just over two years of no-compromise innovation to deliver clean, safe and affordable mobility, supported by our €30 billion investment in electrification and software through 2025,” said Carlos Tavares, Stellantis CEO.
“The STLA Medium platform demonstrates the power of the global Stellantis technical community, delivering products that are hyper-focused on our customers and rewriting long-held assumptions of transportation as we drive for carbon net zero by 2038,” Tavares claimed. (AutoInformed: Stellantis Shareholders Approve €4.2 Billion Dividend)
The platform can be used on a variety of vehicles and propulsion configurations in the center of the mass-market, the C- and D-segments, which accounted for 35 million sales in 2022 of the 78.5 million vehicles sold globally that year. Stellantis brands right now offer 26 vehicle nameplates in those segments on a variety of platforms. Up to two million vehicles per year can be built on the STLA Medium platform in several plants.
STLA Medium at First Glance
The BEV-by-design STLA Medium platform has a range as stated of more than 700 km (435 miles) with a Performance pack, while a Standard pack is rated at more than 500 km (310 miles) on the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP). With a claimed useful energy up to 98 kilowatt-hours (kWh), STLA Medium is said to be best in class in embedded energy between the wheels.
STLA Medium uses a 400-volt electric architecture. It is projected to deliver best-in-class energy efficiency and charging time and connectivity to a charging and services “ecosystem.” Depending on the application, consumption can be less than 14 kWh per 100 km, which is the claimed best in class in energy efficiency. Owners will be able to take their battery from 20% to 80% charge in 27 minutes, a rate of 2.4 kWh per minute.
Vehicles based on STLA Medium will be sold globally and be available with front-drive or all-wheel drive with the addition of a second electric drive module at the rear, with BEV power output range from 160 to 285 kW.
Body styles will include passenger cars, crossovers and SUVs. Stellantis designers can conceive vehicles with:
Future STLA Platforms
The STLA platform family (Small/Medium/Large/Frame) is claimed to be “future proof,” with modular and inherent flexibility in wheelbase, width, overhang, ride height and suspension design. “The capabilities and performance of STLA based vehicles will adapt and improve over the years with the implementation of the STLA Brain architecture, STLA SmartCockpit and STLA AutoDrive platforms – enabling over-the-air updates to software and enhanced hardware,” said Stellantis.
*Stellantis Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan includes reaching a 100% passenger car battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales mix in Europe and a 50% passenger car and light-duty truck BEV sales mix in the United States by 2030. Forecast are deep emission cuts to half CO2 by 2030, (using 2021 metrics), and to achieve carbon net zero by 2038 with some offsets used.