Groupe PSA already has a modular electric platform that it applies under relatively compact EVs such as the Peugeot e-2008, DS 3 Crossback E-tense and Opel Corsa-e. The group is now raising the eVMP platform to the digital stage, a modular electrical base intended for the larger models.
Groupe PSA has the CMP platform on the shelves for its compact models, a modular base where the eCMP platform is the all-electric brother. We come across these platforms in many compact to medium-sized companies. For example, cars such as the new Opel Mokka and Corsa, Citroën C4 and Peugeot 208 and 2008 use these platforms, just like their fully electric brothers. The larger models of Groupe PSA currently use the EMP2 platform, a modular platform that lies under models such as the Peugeot 308, 508 and Citroën C5 Aircross. Although this base also offers space for plug-in hybrid technology, it is not optimally suitable for fully electric powertrains. Groupe PSA is now conjuring up the completely new and modular eVMP platform that will be covered by fully electric versions of medium to larger models of the group.
The French group describes the new modular EV platform as a basis that will come under a “large number of electric models in the C and D segment”. Groupe PSA already reports cars with a WLTP range of up to a minimum of 400 to a maximum of 650 kilometers. Cars on the new eVMP platform have a minimum of 60 kWh and a maximum of 100 kWh on board. The eCMP platform is currently no further than 50 kWh. It will be several years before we see the first cars on the eVMP platform on the road. According to Groupe PSA, the first models will be on the market in 2023. Plug-in hybrid models of the group will also benefit from the new base. We are aiming for a VMP platform, just like the CMP / eCMP platform, which is only intended for versions with a combustion engine.
Expect new generations of the Peugeot 308, 3008, 5008, 508, Opel Astra, Insignia, Grandland X and various equivalent models of Citroën and DS to use the new VMP platform.