Stellantis Opens €40 Million Battery Technology Centre in Turin, Italy

 Stellantis has opened its first Battery Technology Center, at the Mirafiori complex in Turin, Italy. The €40 million investment toenhances Stellantis’ capabilities to design, develop and test battery packs, modules, high-voltage cells and software that will power upcoming Stellantis brand vehicles.

The centre is the biggest in Italy and among the largest in Europe.

More than 100 employees at the Mirafiori Battery Technology Center will perform and oversee climatic stress tests, lifespan durability testing, battery management system (BMS) software development and calibration.

Stellantis is also building a Battery Technology Center for North America, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, as part of a global battery development and manufacturing network that will include six gigafactories.

The Mirafiori Battery Technology Center covers 8,000 square meters (86,111 square feet), spread over three levels. The heart of the center is 32 climatic test chambers – 24 walk-in chambers for testing battery packs and eight chambers for testing cells.

Ned Curic, Stellantis Chief Engineering and Technology Officer, says: “We are in the midst of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to redefine mobility, providing smart and sustainable solutions for our customers. Our new Battery Technology Center at Mirafiori brings together the tools and talented people we need to design, test, verify and produce class-leading products that will meet our customers’ needs and accelerate bringing class-leading electric vehicles to customers around the world.”

Stellantis says integration of the key milestones for electric vehicle battery packs – from design, to development and testing, to production – form the heart of the Stellantis strategy to produce BEVs.