Stellantis is to fabricate its medium electrical vans at its Luton manufacturing facility from the primary half of 2025.

Restricted manufacturing of the group’s all-electric medium vans will get underway throughout Spring subsequent yr, making Luton the second Stellantis plant within the UK to fabricate electrical autos (EV)

This follows the beginning of EV manufacturing at Ellesmere Port in 2023 – the UK’s first electric-only quantity manufacturing plant. 

The Luton plant will produce the absolutely electrical Vauxhall Vivaro Electrical, Opel Vivaro Electrical, Peugeot E-Knowledgeable, Citroën ë-Dispatch and Fiat Skilled E-Scudo in each proper and left-hand drive.

The plant will manufacture predominantly for the UK proper hand drive market however may even be capable of export to left hand drive markets. Manufacturing of the equal inner combustion engine (ICE) vans will proceed alongside the electrical variations.

Maria Grazia Davino, group managing director, Stellantis UK, stated: “While this choice demonstrates Stellantis’ confidence within the plant, this primary step in its re-development in the direction of a completely electrical future requires the UK Authorities to stimulate extra demand within the electrical car market and help producers that put money into the UK for a sustainable transition.”

Among the many first electrical autos to be produced at Luton, the New Vauxhall Vivaro Electrical is powered by a 75kWh battery paired with a 100kW (136PS) electrical motor. It’s able to as much as 217 miles of vary (WLTP), whereas a 5-80% cost may be accomplished in 45 minutes from a 100kW fast charger.

Stellantis is Europe’s main van producer with 30.4% market share in 2023 and 38.8% of the European electrical van market.  Within the UK, Stellantis represented 47.9% of the electrical van market final yr with Vauxhall because the best-selling producer and the Vivaro Electrical because the primary electrical van within the UK. 

Vauxhall, Peugeot, Citroën and Fiat Skilled are presently the one mainstream manufacturers to provide vans within the UK. Alongside the Luton plant, they manufacture vans at Ellesmere Port, the UK’s first electrical vehicle-only quantity manufacturing plant and the primary Stellantis plant globally devoted to electrical autos.