Stellantis, 34 million cars that can be monetized by 2030
Stellantis provides beyond 30 billion euros of investments by 2025, with the aim of reaching 34 million “monetizable” cars connections expected by 2030, with a majority of new vehicles fully upgradeable over the air by 2024. All this will take place in the cloud that connects the electronic control units inside the vehicle.
In particular, we read in the note, “la software strategy Stellantis goes hand in hand with the electrification programs of the Group’s vehicles, presented in detail at EV Day in July 2021, with the aim of achieving over 70% of sales in Europe and over 40% of sales in the United States of low-emission vehicles (LEV) by 2030. Each of the Group’s 14 brands will offer fully electrified solutions at the top of their category “
Stellantis, Tavares: “We will be a sustainable mobility company”
“Our electrification and software strategies will support the transformation to become a sustainable mobility technology company, leveraging business growth associated with over-the-air functionality and services and delivering the best experience to our customers.” He affirmed it Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis. “With the three all-new AI-based technology platforms arriving in 2024, deployed on the four STLA vehicle platforms, we will leverage the speed and agility associated with decoupling hardware and software cycles.”
Stellantis, three new technology platforms in 2024
In particular, the two new strategic partnerships concern Foxconn with which it aims to develop four families of chips that will cover more than 80% of the company’s microcontroller needs, helping to greatly simplify the supply chain. The adoption and installation of products in Stellantis vehicles is expected by 2024. With Waymo, however, Stellantis continues its dedicated projects.
“Since the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid equipped with Waymo Drivers provide thousands of fully autonomous rides in Phoenix, Arizona (USA), Stellantis and Waymo have now expanded their partnership to local delivery services. Building on Stellantis’ leadership in light commercial vehicles and investments in electrification, the partners are collaborating on working groups focused on business development.
Engineering teams will get their hands on Stellantis prototypes in 2022. “According to a company statement,” the heart of the transformation in “customer-centric” services is the new electrical / electronic architecture (E / E) e software, STLA Brain “, developed in collaboration with BMW, and which will offer autonomous driving capabilities of level 2, level 2+ and level 3 and will be continuously updated OTA.
Stellantis will have available in 2024 “three brand new technology platforms based on artificial intelligence “which, as CEO Carlos Tavares explains,” will be implemented on the four STLA vehicle platforms, we will exploit the speed and agility associated with the decoupling of hardware and software cycles. ”
In particular, the strategic partnerships with technology leaders such as BMW, Foxconn and Waymo “continue to drive innovation, efficiency and know-how shared with Stellantis experts” and for this reason “4,500 software engineers by 2024, excluding partnerships, will be supported by a Software Academy dedicated”.
STLA Brain has a completely “over the air” capacity with 30 modules addressed and is much more flexible than the current 10 modules. It is a service-oriented structure that is fully integrated with the cloud, connecting the electronic control units within the vehicle with the car’s high-performance central computer (HPC) via high-speed data. Breaks today’s link between generations of hardware and software, allowing software developers to quickly create and update features and services without waiting for new hardware to be launched.
These OTA updates drastically reduce costs for customers and for Stellantis, they simplify maintenance for the user and maintain vehicle residual values. STLA SmartCockpit, built on STLA Brain, will integrate seamlessly with the digital lives of the vehicle occupants to create a customizable “third space”. Studies show that customers spend an average of four years of life in their vehicles and this figure continues to rise. Stellantis SmartCockpit, powered by the Mobile Drive joint venture between Stellantis and Foxconn, offers Artificial Intelligence (AI) based applications such as navigation, voice assistance, the e-commerce market and payment services.