Stellantis on Wednesday revealed some technical highlights of its STLA Medium platform, one in all 4 devoted EV platforms in improvement for future electrical fashions.

The automaker revealed its STLA platform technique two years in the past this month, unveiling STLA Medium alongside the STLA Small, STLA Massive, and STLA Body platforms, however up till now it hasn’t launched way more details about the technical structure. It is now confirming some particulars for the STLA Medium platform.

STLA Medium is designed for mid-size vehicles in what is understood within the trade because the C- and D-segments, a Stellantis press launch stated. The automaker famous that it at the moment has 26 nameplates globally in these segments, and may have manufacturing capability for as much as two million STLA-Medium-based automobiles per 12 months unfold throughout a number of vegetation, with the primary automobiles coming from Europe.

Stellantis STLA Medium platform

A Normal Pack and Efficiency Pack shall be accessible, providing as much as 310 miles and 435 miles of vary, respectively, as measured on the European WLTP testing cycle (corresponding U.S. EPA figures shall be decrease). Stellantis did not get away particular capability numbers, however stated automobiles based mostly on the STLA Medium platform may have a most 98 kwh of usable vitality and can goal vitality consumption of lower than 14 kwh per 100 km.

Stellantis is sticking with a 400-volt electrical structure, relatively than 800-volt, however remains to be aiming for a 20% to 80% cost in 27 minutes with DC quick charging, a price of two.4 kwh per minute, in line with the corporate.

The platform can accommodate single-motor front-wheel drive or dual-motor all-wheel drive powertrains, with focused outputs between 214 hp and 382 hp.

Stellantis STLA Medium platform

Deliberate physique types embody “passenger vehicles, crossovers, and SUVs,” in line with Stellantis. The platform can accommodate wheelbase lengths of 106.2 inches to 114.1 inches, general lengths of 169.2 inches to 192.9 inches, plus floor clearance of greater than 8.6 inches for off-road automobiles.

Off-road competence will probably be essential, as one in all a number of deliberate Jeep electrical SUVs may very well be based mostly on the STLA Medium platform. Stellantis plans to launch 25 EVs within the U.S. by 2030, together with a Dodge electrical muscle automobile based mostly on the STLA Massive Platform and a totally electrical and range-extended Ram electrical truck. And STLA Medium might kind the idea for heart-of-the-market crossovers from Peugeot, Citroën, and Fiat in Europe. 

The corporate has acted to localize manufacturing of core methods for these platforms—with drive modules from Indiana and batteries doubtlessly from Indiana and Canada. Final week the automaker additionally gave a glimpse of the way it plans to mixture EV charging info, but it surely did not but say whether or not it’d leap to the Tesla NACS commonplace.