Stellantis to invest $400 mn to make electric vehicles at US plants

The Ram 1500 REV --- Stellantis’ first battery-electric light-duty pickup truck --- is due later this year. Image: Stellantis

Stellantis has announced plans to invest more than $406 million across three factories in Michigan, USA to convert them into production of electric vehicles (EVs) in line with the ...

Read More

First batch of Stellantis-Leapmotor JV EVs -- an SUV and a hatchback -- are headed to Europe

Image: Stellantis

The first batch of electric vehicles from Leapmotor International, the 51:49 joint venture between European carmaker Stellantis and Chinese EV manufacturer Leapmotor, have been shi...

Read More

Stellantis ramps-up transition to eDCT hybrids: 30 models coming this year

Image: Stellantis

Euro-American automaker Stellantis announced plans to ramp-up production of hybrids -- especially those with the company's newest, eDCT advanced hybrid technology -- in response to...

Read More

Mercedes-Stellantis combine halts work at gigafactory sites, considers switch to LFP cells

Image: ACC

Carmakers Mercedes and Stellantis have halted construction of their joint venture EV battery factories and are taking a relook at their EV battery plans. Reports say the two partne...

Read More

Stellantis JV to launch Leapmotor EVs in nine European countries from September

Stellantis announced a joint venture with the Chinese electric vehicle startup Leapmotor to retail EVs outside China. The venture, dubbed Leapmotor International, will be headquart...

Read More

Stellantis evaluates building Leapmotor EVs at Mirafiori complex in Italy

Image: Stellantis

Carmaker Stellantis could build up to 150,000 low-cost electric vehicles (EVs) at the company's Mirafiori complex in Turin from 2026 or 2027, news reports say. The company is repor...

Read More

Stellantis to invest €103 mn to support new EV platform

Image: Stellantis

Stellantis announced it would invest €103 million to increase production capacity of electric drive modules (EDMs) at its Szentgotthard plant, Hungary. The new capacity is expected...

Read More

ACC, Circulor tie-up for supply chain, emissions mapping ahead of European battery passport rules

Battery manufacturing company Automotive Cells Co (ACC) and UK startup Circulor announced a partnership to verify the green credentials of raw materials that ACC uses to manufactur...

Read More

Stellantis opens Circular Economy Hub to recycle and reuse old EVs, batteries

Stellantis' Circular Economy Hub entailed an investment of €40 million. Image: Stellantis

Stellantis, the world's fourth largest automaker, has officially opened its SUSTAINera Circular Economy Hub at the Mirafiori Complex in Turin, Italy, months after opening a battery...

Read More

Stellantis, CATL sign agreement over LFP batteries, explore joint venture

Image for representation purposes only. Source: Stellantis

Stellantis has signed a preliminary agreement with CATL to source battery cells and modules for its electric vehicles in Europe from the Chinese EV battery company. Under the agree...

Read More

Daily Shorts: Stellantis buys into Leapmotor, Australian state pumps $630 million more into RE

Image: Pexels

Stellantis announced it would buy 21 percent in Chinese EV company Leapmotor for $1.6 billion. In addition, the two companies have formed a joint venture that will hold exclusive r...

Read More

Daily Shorts: Lexus EV with 1,000 km range, Japan and Denmark tie up on offshore wind, and more

Toyota today unveiled a Lexus concept car with almost twice the driving range of conventional EVs. The LF-ZC concept car, based on advanced battery technology that Toyota has been ...

Read More

Daily Shorts: UK gets a £10 bn clean energy investor, Banga wants harmful subsidies slashed, and more

Image: Empire Wind

Japan's Marubeni Corp signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the UK government to invest 10 billion pounds ($12.3 billion) in clean energy projects over the next decade. T...

Read More

Daily Shorts: Lyten raises $200 in Series B, Amazon buys credits for direct air capture

Image: Stellantis

Battery startup Lyten, Inc, announced it had raised $200 million in funding aimed at helping it scale up manufacturing and commercialize its first three product lines: Lithium-Sulf...

Read More

Daily Shorts: UK eases onshore wind norms, Stellantis says its cars can switch to e-fuels

The UK government has eased approvals for onshore wind projects in England supported by the local population. The proposals also aim to incentivise locals by offering them cheaper ...

Read More

Daily Roundup: Opel plans EV at half the average price, Petrobras eyes biofuel refinery in Brazil

Image Source: Acelen

Stellantis-owned marque Opel plans to offer an EV for about €25,000 from around 2026, the company's CEO Florian Huettl said. That's less than half the current average price for an ...

Read More

Stellantis bolsters electric future with $100M investment in CTR

Leading multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. has announced an investment of more than $100 million in battery-grade lithium producer, Controlled Thermal Resources Holdings (CTR)...

Read More

IBIS research project unveils breakthrough battery for auto and stationary storage applications

Intelligent Battery Integrated System (IBIS) a joint corporate and academic research project by CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research), Stellantis and Saft unveiled ...

Read More

Stellantis, Samsung SDI seal the deal for a second gigafactory in the U.S.

Stellantis N.V. and Samsung SDI today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to construct second battery manufacturing facility in the United ...

Read More

Canada's sweeteners out: C$15 bn for Stellantis-LG Energy battery plant

Mark Stewart, Chief Operating Officer for Stellantis for North America (left), with Dong-Myung Kim, President of LG Energy's Advanced Automotive Battery Division. Image: LGES

A day after Stellantis-LG Energy Solution announced they would resume construction of their battery plant in Canada, the increased incentives awarded for the project became known. ...

Read More

Stellantis, LG Energy resume Canada battery plant after receiving sweeteners

A Stellantis-LG Energy Solution combine that is setting up a battery plant in Canada announced it would resume construction after the country increased subsidies for the project. T...

Read More

Macron to meet Musk again as France pushes for Tesla gigafactory

Tesla considered France for its European gigafactory, seen here, before settling on Germany. Image: Tesla

France's President Emmanuel Macron is meeting Tesla CEO Elon Musk for the second time in a month on Friday, as he looks to promote the country for Tesla investments. "I'm going int...

Read More

Stellantis invests in Lyten’s lithium-sulfur EV battery technology

Stellantis Ventures, the corporate venture fund of Stellantis N.V. announced that it has invested in California-based material innovations company, Lyten Inc. (Lyten) to speed up t...

Read More

Stellantis secures low-carbon lithium supplier for its EV batteries

Leading automaker and mobility provider, Stellantis N.V. (Stellantis) has secured a deal with lithium supplier, Controlled Thermal Resources Ltd (CTR) to supply battery-grade lithi...

Read More
arrow_upward