Fca: the electric 500 arrives at Mirafiori, the Compass at Melfi | Reported diesel production in 2021 postponed

fca will produce Mirafiori 500 electric. Managing Director Mike Manley and European Head of Operations Pietro Gorlier announced it to the unions. In the Pomigliano factory will be produced the compact SUVs of Alfa Romeo, while in Melfi, where they currently manufacture the 500X and the Jeep Renegade, will also be produced the Jeep Renegade Hybrid plug-in and the Jeep Compbad.

Gorlier has provided more details on the most important investments to be launched in the coming weeks, including the production of the new electric 500 (BEV) in Mirafiori and the European version of the Jeep Compbad in Melfi, on the same platform. and with the same technology. PHEV used for the Jeep Renegade. Taking advantage of the same platform and the same PHEV technology, the preparatory activities for the production of a new compact Alfa Romeo UV will also be launched at the Pomigliano d'Arco plant, where a Fiat Panda MHV will also be produced. (light hybrid vehicle).

Finally, Gorlier also announced a new production module in Termoli for the FireFly 1.0 and 1.3 turbocharged gasoline engines. The planned interventions on vehicles and engines, explains Fca, "will exploit the existing production capacities, guaranteeing a solid productive mission on all Italian sites and realizing the goal of full employment". "The investments planned in Italy under the industrial plan, focused on the use of common platforms, flexible and electrified, will strengthen the direction of our industrial footprint in Italy towards our global brands and our international markets. ", commented Gorlier. "We will start – he added – in the coming months with a staff training plan focused on hybrid and electric technologies, and I think that with all our staff we will be able to achieve the goals that we have set ourselves. The total investment in Italy will rise to more than 5 billion euros for the period 2019-2021, explained the group leaders to the unions. The FCA will launch in Italy by 2019-2021 13 new models or restyling existing models, as well as new engines with hybrid and electric technology.

In Termoli, the new lines of engines – In the Termoli plant, a new production line will be built to manufacture the new Fly Fly 1000, 1300, hybrid and turbo gasoline engines.

Diesel output postponed – The FCA has therefore announced the postponement of the diesel output scheduled for 2021. This is what FIM Secretary General Marco Bentivogli said at the end of the meeting with the management. .