Alfa Romeo and Maserati to go all-electric from 2025
Stellantis says flagship Italian brands will cease launching combustion models in three years’ timeAlfa Romeo, Maserati, Lancia and French premium brand DS will only introduce EVs from 2025 as part of dramatic plans to ensure the entire Stellantis group's European offering will be all-electric by 2030.
More impressive is the declaration by the world's fourth-biggest car-maker that by 2038 it will have achieved carbon neutrality on a global scale.
As part of plans to ensure it sells more than five million EVs before the end of this decade, all other Stellantis brands operating in Europe – including Abarth, Citroen, Opel, Peugeot, Fiat, Jeep and Vauxhall – will stop launching cars with internal combustion engines from 2026.
The Dare 2030 strategy was introduced during Stellantis' 2021 earnings presentation that's sole aim is to slash CO2 emissions by 50 per cent by 2030 while boosting revenues and maintaining profit margins.
As part of its radical switch to EVs, Stellantis hopes its premium brands will contribute up to 11 per cent of its overall revenue by 2030 – up from the paltry four per cent they contribute today.
Following the all-electric announcement, it's now thought the replacement for the Alfa Romeo Giulia sedan and Stelvio SUV will both switch to an EV powertrain and will no longer be offered with petrol or diesel engines.
The recently revealed Alfa Romeo Tonale, meanwhile, will be offered with an all-electric powertrain from 2024, while the incoming rumoured Brennero and GTV-rivalling four-door coupe competitor to the Porsche Taycan are both now expected to be EV-only.
Maserati is expected to launch a pure-electric Folgore version of its Maserati Grecale SUV later this year, while the replacement for the Granturismo will also be EV-only.
Finally, the battery-electric Maserati MC20 is expected to debut late in 2022/early 2023, while zero-emissions replacements for the Quattroporte, Ghibli and Levante are all expected.
Crucial to Stellantis' plans is the swift introduction of its new dedicated STLA platform that will make its debut under the DS 4 hatch, among others, in 2024.
Even Lancia might be revived as part of Stellantis' plans, with the current 11-year-old Ypsilon finally set to be replaced by a reclothed version of the electric Fiat 500.
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