Electric top models Opel and DS from Italy

Opel and DS would start the production of a duo of electric top models in Melfi in Italy. You should be able to compare the electric newcomer from DS in terms of size and shape with the C5 X from Citroën. This is apparent from reports from Automotive News that are based on documents sent to potential suppliers. Count on an electric DS with a length of about 4.8 meters, a car that may be known as the DS 9 Crossback.

The electric DS would be on the roll before 2024, the new plug-in Opel flagship should appear a year later. Don’t be surprised if that electric Opel becomes the successor of the Insignia and eventually turns out to be the already announced electric Manta-e. The two electric newcomers will probably be placed on the format technical middle version of Stelanntis’ STLA platforms, the so-called STLA Medium base. The currently announced new EVs from Opel and Peugeot, the electric Astra-e and the e-308, share their EMP2 platform with their siblings that you should also get with combustion engines.

The product portfolio of Stellantis plant in Melfi will not continue to consist of these two EVs. The electric successor to the DS 7 Crossback would also see the light of day and Lancia should get its own version.

The four EVs to be built in Melfi should be good for about 90,000 units to be produced annually from 2026. Stellantis is currently building the Fiat 500 X, the Jeep Renegade and the Compass in Melfi. According to Automotive News, production of the new Renegade will take place in Spain from 2025 and Fiat will build the electric successor to the Panda in Slovakia or Serbia from 2026. Lancia’s electric successor to the current ancient Ypsilon should also be built in Spain.