World News – CA – FCA has a new flexible electrified platform on the way – Roadshow

The first production vehicle running on this mysterious platform will hit the assembly line in Windsor, Ontario, Canada in 2024, the automotive union Unifor told me

First, there was a successful negotiation of Unifor’s employment contract with Ford in Canada, and now Fiat Chrysler Automobiles On Monday, the Canadian Auto Union ratified a new three-month labor agreement. years with the FCA, but the biggest news is in the nuggets of information provided by the FCA and the union on future vehicles

The most important element is a mentioned new « multi-energy vehicle architecture » that will find a home at FCA’s assembly plant in Windsor, Ontario At present, the plant is building the Chrysler Pacifica and Voyager minivans, although the facility suffered a heavy blow when the automaker eliminated the third shift from the facility This new platform is expected to support all kinds of electrification, judging by the sophisticated name of ‘multi-energy’, and the auto union has said its coming could add 2,000 new jobs to the plant. of Windsor Production of the first architecture-based vehicle will begin in 2024, Unifor added

FCA declined to comment on details regarding this new platform, but Sam Fiorani, vice president of global vehicle forecasting at AutoForecast Solutions, believes the architecture could be part of FCA’s upcoming merger with the French group PSA The two plan to close a 50/50 merger of their automakers next year, after which it will be known as Stellantis According to Fiorani, the « multi-energy » architecture could eventually come with the help of its new French companion PSA already has two ultra-flexible platforms in its stable: EMP2 and CMP architectures which support different levels of electrification for SUVs and small cars This could very well form the basis of FCA’s own platform, as it largely avoids any major stance on electrified vehicles. This is for good reason, said Fiorani « No one has proven that a significant part of the market is ready for electric vehicles and certainly not at a cost-effective price »

« PSA platforms and vehicles have already been designed, so it is cheaper to make the adjustments for North American safety regulations than to develop a whole new vehicle from scratch, » he said. -he adds

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