In an interview with Auto Categorical, Alfa Romeo’s CEO Jean-Philippe Imparato revealed a bunch of particulars about the way forward for the corporate and electrical autos. However probably the most fascinating is that, regardless of the world’s insatiable urge for food for SUVs, the Giulia sport sedan will get one other era, and one which’s fully electrical.
Apparently, the automotive might be constructed on the STLA Massive platform, one in all a number of EV architectures Stellantis introduced again July. Contemplating that there might be STLA Small and STLA Medium platforms, we’re a little bit shocked that Alfa would go together with the large choice, because the present Giulia is not significantly massive. It might be that Alfa is aiming for significantly lengthy vary from the subsequent Giulia, and possibly much more inside area. We carry up vary as a result of the Massive platform is claimed to just accept 101-kWh to 118-kWh of battery capability and as much as 500 miles of vary. It could even be sharing the platform and growth with the longer term Stelvio, like the present one does with the Giorgio platform.
Imparato additionally talked a bit concerning the high-performance Quadrifoglio fashions. The corporate is certainly nonetheless open to them within the electrical period, however provided that they’ll make them carry out the way in which they need. That appears unlikely to be a problem for a few causes. One, Imparato instructed Auto Categorical that the person who helped develop the Giulia Quadrifoglio GTA is on the workforce growing STLA Massive. The opposite is that Stellantis has a wild vary of motors deliberate. On the low finish might be 94-horsepower motors, however on the different might be 402-horsepower models. There must be a pairing in there that finds a great stability between uncooked energy and finesse, particularly when only one makes round 80% of the ability of the present Quadrifoglio’s twin-turbo V6.
Stellantis goals to have its 500-mile STLA Massive platform vehicles, among the many others, prepared for 2024. Odds appear good that the electrical Alfas will begin exhibiting up at the moment, because the model is planning to be totally electrical in 2027. That can make it the primary Stellantis model to be fully electrical.
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