Stellantis’ new STLA Giant platform will underpin EVs able to 0-60 mph acceleration in 2.0 seconds, the automaker claims.
At a current media occasion, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares claims this fast acceleration is not nearly efficiency. He appeared to argue that it may be a security characteristic, making it simpler to, for instance, overtake a slow-moving truck on a two-lane highway.
STLA Giant platform
“The extra acceleration you may have, the safer the circumstances underneath which your overtake could be,” Tavares advised Prime Gear and different media, “and from that perspective the BEV know-how is nice as everyone knows.”
STLA Giant is one in all 4 extremely modular platforms, together with STLA Small, STLA Medium, and STLA Body, first proven by Stellantis in 2021 as the inspiration for the automaker’s future EVs. STLA Giant, which is designed for D and E section automobiles starting from efficiency automobiles to rugged off-roaders, is anticipated to assist gasoline engines as nicely.
STLA Giant platform
Stellantis has confirmed eight automobiles primarily based on the STLA Giant platform might be launched from 2024 to 2026 for its Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Maserati manufacturers. The EV almost certainly to completely exploit the STLA Giant platform’s accelerative capabilities is the deliberate Dodge Charger/Challenger successor, due later this 12 months.
Different recognized automobiles utilizing the STLA Giant platform are Alfa Romeo’s replacements for the Giulia and Stelvio, and the Jeep Wagoneer S additionally due later this 12 months. The Wagoneer S was first proven in 2022 alongside the extra rugged Jeep Recon, which can also be probably to make use of the STLA Giant platform, and the Jeep Avenger, a smaller SUV already on sale in Europe with each gasoline and electrical powertrains, however unlikely to achieve the U.S.
