Stellantis: production targets for thermal and electric motor factories in Europe

The Stellantis group is committed to an ambitious energy transition in Europewith production targets for its thermal and electric motor factories. This rebalancing of production, between combustion engines and electric motors, meets the requirements of a market increasingly focused on electrification. After our file on Stellantis electric motors, Let's take stock of the factories' production objectives for thermal and electric engines in Europe.

The Szentgotthard factory (Hungary): pillar for thermal engines, and soon electric

Among the group's most important factories, the Szentgotthard factory in Hungary, dedicated to the production of thermal engines, remains a major player in the production of combustion engines. This factory is responsible for the production of the 1.2L and 1.6L engines, two engines widely used in Stellantis vehicles. In a previous article, we mentioned that the production target for the 1.6L PHEV engine is to 220,000 units per year. However, production targets for the 1.2L engines, although already in circulation, have not been precisely specified for the coming years, just like those for future electric motors. However, with increasing production and the growing need for thermal engines for hybrid models, the objective could be around 1 million 1.2L engines per yearin line with the production objectives of the EDCT boxes developed by Punch Powertrain.

Remember that this factory will also have to produce high-performance electric motors from 2026 for Stellantis cars using the STLA Large platform.

Metz and Mirafiori: for the production of EDCT boxes

The Metz factories in France and Mirafiori in Italy are responsible for producing EDCT (double clutch transmission) gearboxes, a key component in the production of thermal engines (MHEV and PHEV) of the Stellantis group. Each of these factories must produce 600,000 EDCT boxes per year, for a total of 1.2 million units annually. These boxes are compatible with the 1.2L and 1.6L engines, and it is reasonable to assume that production of the 1.2L and 1.6L engines will be aligned with this target of 1.2 million units per year to meet demand.

Termoli: a factory in transition

The Termoli plant in Italy, another strategic production center, currently produces GME, GSE/Firefly and V6 engines. However, by 2025, this factory will transform into a giga-factory of batteries, in partnership with ACC. In the meantime, the transition to electric project is falling behind schedule. This is good, the factory will continue to produce GSE/Firefly engines for the Fiat Panda Hybrid and the future Fiat 500 Hybrid. It is estimated that the production target for Termoli will be 200,000 hybrid engines per year until 2030, to cover the needs of these two iconic models. 100,000 since this covers sales of the Panda in Italy, and 100,000 for the 500 hybrid because this is the volume objective that was communicated by the Italian brand. This will allow time for a smooth transition to the battery gigafactory project for years to come. Regarding the GME engine, it no longer seems to have a future in European models and will be reserved for the North American market. For the V6 engine, everything will depend on Maserati's decisions. If the latter decides to turn to 100% electric, production will be marginal and reserved for niche cars like the MCXtrema, the 33 Stradale, etc.

Emotors in Trémery: the production center for European electric motors

The Emotors factory in Trémery is dedicated to the production of electric motors for vehicles based on the STLA Smart, STLA Small and STLA Medium platforms. According to our informationthe factory aims to produce around 280,000 M2 engines per year, 40,000 M2 Erad engines (for models like the Jeep Avenger 4xe and Alfa Romeo Junior Q4) and around 600,000 M3 and M4 engines. This represents a total production of nearly 900,000 electric motors each year. This factory is an essential link in Stellantis' transition to electric, with ambitious objectives which should strengthen the share of electric motors in the group's overall production.

Engine production proportional to car sales

In total, this results in the production of around 1.2 million thermal engines and 900,000 electric motors per year (not counting the electric motors which will be produced in Hungary in 2026). It should be noted that these engine production targets are largely dependent on the reality of market sales. In 2024, Stellantis plans to produce around 500,000 vehicles in Italy, 600,000 in France and 350,000 in Spain. The group's other factories in Poland, Serbia, Slovakia and the United Kingdom will also play an important role in achieving production targets.

*estimations