Today, Stellantis announced that it will build vehicles based on the BEV-centric STLA Large platform at its Cassino assembly plant in central Italy. The facility, which currently produces the Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio as well as the Maserati Grecale, is the second plant to be publicly named to make STLA Large-based EVs, joining the Windsor, Ontario factory in Canada.
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares made the announcement during his visit to the Cassino plant located 80 miles south of Rome. While details of the vehicles to be produced at Cassino have yet to be revealed, it is likely that future EVs from Alfa Romeo and Maserati will be built at the Italian plant.
The company did not provide a timeline for when the first STLA Large vehicles will enter production at the facility, nor did it share details on the size of the planned investments. However, Tavares expressed his confidence in the skilled workers and site management of Stellantis to meet their ambitious cost and quality targets.
“The Cassino plant has a rich history of innovation and technology. The vehicles we are designing on the STLA platforms will revolutionize the driving experience with cutting-edge features and capabilities, so we trust the skilled workers and the Stellantis site management to master our bold cost and quality targets,” said Tavares.
Opened in 1972, the Cassino Assembly Plant in Piedimonte San Germano is a highly automated facility using more than 1,200 robots. The factory includes stamping, plating, painting and plastic parts operations. The STLA Large platform is one of four BEV-centric, highly flexible architectures announced by Stelantis in 2021, with the others being STLA Small, STLA Medium, and STLA Frame.
The STLA Large platform is expected to underpin future mid-size and large vehicles from Alfa Romeo and Maserati, as well as some future DS models. In North America, the platform will be used by future Dodge Challenger and Charger muscle cars, as well as the production version of the Chrysler Airflow concept. The first Stellantis vehicles based on the new BEV-centric platforms will debut in 2024.
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