European automotive giant Stellarantis is a Chinese electric car manufacturer BYD with new short-range versions of Citroen C3 and Fiat Grande Panda’s Lithium Iron Phosphate Phosphate (LFP) batteries It is reportedly signed a contract with.
French automotive magazine L’Argus reported over the weekend that Stellantis turned to BYD to supply LFP batteries to new short-range variants of the DO-C3 and Grande Panda. Both are based on the same Stellantis smart car platform.
Currently, the two cars boast 113HP engines with 44kWH LFP batteries supplying a range of up to 320km (WLTP), both from 23,000 euros to 25,000 euros (approx. A37,800-$A41,000, $25,000 25,000 euros); however, neither is available in Australia at this time.
However, Stellantis hopes to offer a cheap 20,000 euro ($A33,000) variation of both DO-C3 and Grande Panda, which will help reduce costs by using BYD LFP batteries. It is being told.
When the price of the car drops, the L’Argus pin will be reduced between 200-250km (WLTP) from batteries in the 30-35kWh range.
Image credit: Stellantis
L’Argus hopes Citroen’s C3 will start mid-year and Fiat Grande Panda will be the first variant of the new short-range variant that continues by the end of the year.
In the truth, this means that Stellantis is a local competitor of Big Names, which is expected to debut its own 20,000 euros in the coming years, including the Lenault Twingo E-Tech (2026) and the Volkswagen ID. And it will get Volkswagen’s head start. 1 (2027).
It also places two cars on a different Stellantis model, a Chinese automaker Leapmotor 19,500 T03 euros.
The report also gives further credibility in BYD’s efforts to establish itself as a major player in the electric vehicle (EV) battery market.
A report released earlier this week by a survey by Korean market research firm SNE, BYD is second only to China’s battery giant Contemporex Technology Co. (CATL) in terms of market share, with 17.2% batteries used in EVS. It has been shown to occupy the following. I am largely grateful for my own dominance as an EV maker in 2024.
Joshua S. Hill is a Melbourne-based journalist who has written about climate change, clean technology and electric vehicles for over 15 years. He reports on clean technologies for electric vehicles and renewal economy, which has been powered since 2012. His preferred mode of transport is his feet.
