The Stellantis group will transform its Stla Small platform, initially planned to receive only electrical engines, in order to also make it compatible with thermal and hybrid engines. A backtracking due to the drop in sales of electric cars in Europe.
You know if you follow automotive news, sales of electric cars have dropped in Europe in 2024. A situation that goes hand in hand with A global slowdown in registrations of new vehicles, and which obviously worries the manufacturers, who must react accordingly.
A necessary adaptation
Because if the electric is not the sole responsible for this market tumble, it is this motorization that pays the broken pots. Especially since the brands have invested enormously, in order to meet the requirements of the European Union, in anticipation of the ban on thermal cars in 2035. Only here, the drop in sales made brands react, which are numerous to reverse their ambitions. This is the case of Smart, but also Volvo or Ford, but not only.
Indeed, the Stellantis group is in turn puts it. In a just published press release, he announced that he will readjust his Stla Small platformwhich will equip the future Peugeot E-208 and E-2008 as well as the Opel Corsa and DS 3 E-Tense. For the record, it has been designed to accommodate only electrical engines. However, she will finally be Transformed to become multi-energys. What offer more flexibility to the various manufacturers who will use it within the group, but above all more choices for customers.
This concretely means that the next city cars supposed to be only available in electric will also have the right to Thermal or hybrid alternatives. As is currently the case. For the record, and as the journalists of l’Argusthe next generation of the E-208 is scheduled for 2026 while the SUV with a lion resting on the Stla Small platform Arrive in 2029. Currently, all these cars and the rest of the Stellantis city cars are based on the CMP platform.
But that's not all, because it also says that this new technical basis will ultimately not be Not only reserved for city cars. Indeed, compact SUVs of segment C should also be the right, as is the next Lancia Deltaplanned for 2028. According to the Argus, this will also be the case for future Peugeot 308, Opel Astra and DS 4. The future Peugeot E-3008 and other DS 7, on the other hand, should stay on the Medium.
-Generous autonomy
For the record, the STLA Small base is designed to accommodate batteries whose capacity is between 37 and 82 kWhwith a maximum autonomy of 500 kilometers according to the WLTP cycle. It is said that the Stellantis group always wants to count on this figure, even with the adaptation of the platform. Because very often, a multi-energy base sometimes requires sacrifice the performance On certain points, for the benefit of versatility. A bit like a tire all seasons, good everywhere but not really excellent in a particular field.
That's not all, because the firm formerly led by Carlos Tavares also confirms “ the allocation of the Stla Small platform to Vigo and Zaragoza factories To make cars of the B segment ». These sites will respectively host the production of the next E-2008 and the E-208 and should benefit from subsidies from the Spanish government. If the small SUV is already produced in Spain, the city car is currently Assembly in Slovakiawithin the Trnava factory.
Finally, it is likely that the next DS 3 e-Tense is also Made with our Spanish neighborsleaving the Poissy factory (78) where it is currently produced alongside the Opel Mokka.
The Franco-Italian group would also plan to carry out the assembly of the new Leapmotor B10 on the other side of the Pyrenees, but that has not yet been officially confirmed. Currently, the Chinese manufacturer assembles its small T03 in Poland, within the Tychy factory, from parts from China.
