FCA, Gorlier: “Electric and hybrid for all our factories and full employment, a way to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the 500”

“We presented to the trade unions a part of our new industrial and strategic plan, the one concerning the Italian industrial system for the period 2019-2021 and is based on our current market forecast, which predicts a stable trend, but with a decline in 2020 with entry in force of the new rules on emissions that could slow down the market a little “, says Pietro Gorlier, new head of EMAC of FCA, who however has no problem talking about” full employment in Italian plants “.

“There are some activities we will do in the coming months and years that start from a very important concept – he added – that is the installation of new standard platforms with electric and hybrid motorization in all our Italian plants. to come”. “Our first fully electric platform, essential from 2020 onwards, is our other priority”, concluded Gorlier, referring to Mirafiori and the new 500 BEV.

In figures, they are 5 billion euros over a period of three years in Italy. While at the plant level, eyes focused on Mirafiori and Grugliasco: “In addition to confirming Levante, Quattroporte and Ghibli with Hybrid plugins, the new all-electric platform will be the basis for the Full Electric 500, just as it goes to its 70th birthday” .

“In the coming weeks we will increase the production capacity of the Ducato while at Cassino we will confirm the Giulietta and we will make a restyling for Giulia and Stelvio, but a Maserati brand SUV will also enter the market in the next three years, while the Renegade and the Cinquecento are confirmed in Melfi X, while we are launching the Hybrid plugin for Renegade, we will also install the Compass derived from production currently in Mexico with hybrid technology from Renegade. ” And confirmations for the Panda in Pomigliano “one of the best-sellers in the sector” and a compact UV.

In all, therefore, 13 new models with a lot of restyling and two new engines that will be made in Termoli.

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