Stellantis’ new STLA Large platform will underpin EVs capable of 0-60 mph acceleration in 2.0 seconds, the automaker claims.
At a present media event, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares claims this quick acceleration isn’t practically effectivity. He appeared to argue that it’s also a safety operate, making it less complicated to, for example, overtake a slow-moving truck on a two-lane freeway.
STLA Large platform
“The additional acceleration you may have, the safer the circumstances under which your overtake will probably be,” Tavares knowledgeable Excessive Gear and completely different media, “and from that perspective the BEV know-how is sweet as everybody is aware of.”
STLA Large is one in every of 4 extraordinarily modular platforms, along with STLA Small, STLA Medium, and STLA Physique, first confirmed by Stellantis in 2021 because the muse for the automaker’s future EVs. STLA Large, which is designed for D and E part autos ranging from effectivity vehicles to rugged off-roaders, is anticipated to help gasoline engines as properly.
STLA Large platform
Stellantis has confirmed eight autos based on the STLA Large platform will doubtless be launched from 2024 to 2026 for its Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Maserati producers. The EV greater than prone to fully exploit the STLA Large platform’s accelerative capabilities is the deliberate Dodge Charger/Challenger successor, due later this yr.
Completely different recognized autos using the STLA Large platform are Alfa Romeo’s replacements for the Giulia and Stelvio, and the Jeep Wagoneer S moreover due later this yr. The Wagoneer S was first confirmed in 2022 alongside the further rugged Jeep Recon, which may be potential to utilize the STLA Large platform, and the Jeep Avenger, a smaller SUV already on sale in Europe with every gasoline and electrical powertrains, nonetheless unlikely to realize the U.S.
