Stellantis (STLAM.MI), a car manufacturer, said on Friday that its technology head plans to build lighter electric vehicle batteries, reducing weight by half to increase sustainability.
For ecological reasons, Ned Curic argued that modern electric vehicle (EV) batteries were “just too heavy.”
“So what I have in mind and a very hard goal for my team by 2030 is to change the battery weight to at least 50% lighter battery,” Curic said during the opening of the group’s Battery Technology Center in Turin, Italy.
On the other hand, he claimed to have “no idea” what the “battery of the future” would be like.
It will be necessary to “think about completely new materials, new chemistry, and new ways of replacing these heavy, heavy, heavy materials with something much lighter,” he added.
The third largest automaker in the world by sales, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, which also owns the Peugeot and Jeep brands, recently announced a $43 million (€40 million) investment in the Turin Battery Technology Center to conduct in-house testing and development of electric vehicle (EV) battery packs for future group vehicles.
It further said a comparable center for the Americas was being constructed in Windsor, Canada.
Curic said Stellantis will release a “very affordable” car later this year at the presentation.
To paraphrase, “a vehicle that just about any member of our societies can afford to buy,” he didn’t specify a price.
In addition, “we are consuming a lot of carbon-based energy in existing systems,” switching to electric vehicle systems does make for a more sustainable future.