Opel, Stellantis’ German unit, has been noticed testing a prototype for its subsequent Crossland subcompact crossover, which will likely be supplied with the selection of fuel or electrical energy.

The prototype is for the electrical model that may possible be referred to as the Crossland Electrical, mirroring the technique Opel makes use of for different fashions that provide each fuel and electrical powertrains.

The present Crossland has been on sale since 2017 and along with the Grandland compact crossover represents a design used previous to 2021’s merger of PSA Group and Fiat Chrysler Vehicles to kind Stellantis. The redesigned Crossland is due in 2024 and is anticipated to be joined that yr by a redesigned Grandland.

Opel additionally has the Mokka within the subcompact crossover phase, however the redesigned Crossland, like its predecessor, will possible be barely larger. Judging by the prototype, it additionally has a boxier form in comparison with the Mokka, which ought to lead to extra cargo house.

The prototype is closely camouflaged, however some particulars, such because the horizontal daytime working lights built-in with the headlights, have been previewed on Opel’s Experimental idea unveiled earlier this month on the 2023 Munich auto present.

The platform is probably going the identical CMP (also called EMP1) design used throughout a number of subcompact vehicles from Stellantis, together with the Mokka and Opel’s Corsa hatch. It additionally options in the Jeep Avenger offered abroad, a subcompact crossover whose EV possibility packs a 54-kwh battery and a single motor rated at 156 hp. The identical setup is used within the associated Fiat 600e, and must also seem within the Crossland Electrical.

Whereas the U.S. will not see the brand new Crossland, since Opel would not function right here, the car’s underpinnings will function in a subcompact crossover from Alfa Romeo due within the first half of 2024. It will likely be Alfa’s first EV, and is anticipated to succeed in the U.S.

Opel, which operates as Vauxhall within the U.Okay., plans to be a totally electrical model in its most important market of Europe by 2028. Being a part of the Stellantis fold, Opel has entry to varied devoted EV platforms starting from designs for subcompact vehicles proper as much as full-size vehicles and vans. One future devoted EV that Opel has confirmed is a sporty crossover to be referred to as the Manta E. It is due across the center of the last decade in markets the place Opel operates.