Electrified Alfa Romeo also from Poland

From 2022, hybrid and electric models of the Jeep, Fiat, and Alfa Romeo brands will also be produced in Tychy, Poland. The series production of a first electrified FCA model is set to begin in the second half of 2022. Pietro Gorlier, Fiat Chrysler's COO for the EMEA region, points out that the company has already been present in Poland for 100 years. The opening of the first Fiat branch took place in 1920. He explains:

“The investments announced today are the fulfillment of the promise to strengthen our activities in Poland, which FCA made two years ago when presenting our business plan.”

With this, FCA is expanding its capacities. Production is also taking place in Melfi, southern Italy (where the Jeep Renegade and Compass plug-in hybrids are assembled) and Mirafiori (where the E-version of the Fiat 500 is built). Just a few weeks ago, the company announced plans to invest around 1.5 billion Canadian dollars (almost one billion euros) in its plant in Windsor, in the Canadian province of Ontario, to also produce electric cars and plug-in hybrids there from 2025, which are expected to be U.S. models of the Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep brands. Windsor, by the way, lies directly opposite Detroit on the Canadian side of the Detroit River and is connected to Michigan's supplier infrastructure. This could become the major electric car platform.

What does this mean?

The merger with PSA into the Stellantis group is to be officially sealed on January 16, 2021. The newly formed conglomerate plans to use four electric car platforms, contributed by both manufacturers. The already known PSA platforms eCMP and eVMP "encircle" so to speak the FCA platforms: One for small cars like the Fiat 500 and potentially also a new Lancia Y, as well as a new base for larger electric vehicles, which are particularly important for North America. Since plug-in hybrids of the compact Jeeps are exclusively produced in Melfi, the new Alfa Romeo Tonale is also likely to come from there. In addition, Alfa plans an even smaller compact SUV, which will also be offered purely electrically (and could use the PSA eCMP base). This could then, as well as a Fiat and Jeep derivative, come from Tychy. Bitter for Alfa fans: The previous statement that all Alfa Romeo would be produced in Italy is now obsolete.