Stellantis Expands Hybrid Tech With New eDCT Production

Stellantis Expands Hybrid Tech With New eDCT Production​

New Electrified Dual-Clutch Transmission Will Be Built in Italy and France​

Stellantis is set to expand its production of the Electrified Dual Clutch Transmission (eDCT) in Italy and France, reinforcing its commitment to hybrid and electric vehicle technology. This move aligns with the company’s broader strategy to enhance efficiency and sustainability across its vehicle lineup.

Stellantis Expands Hybrid Tech With New eDCT Production

Stellantis is set to expand its production of the Electrified Dual Clutch Transmission (eDCT) in Italy and France, reinforcing its commitment to hybrid and electric vehicle technology. This move aligns with the company's broader strategy to enhance efficiency and sustainability across its...

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[patfromigh]

While other companies advance the state of the art in hybrid drives, Stellantis simply figures out how to make it cheaper. This Punch system is only a mild hybrid offering 21 kw of assistance, so it might be unfair to compare it to Toyota's 5th generation high voltage system which offers 83 kw from its e-motors in the Corolla hybrid transmission. In defense of the Punch, the mild hybrid Magne 7-speed used in the Euro Compass/Renegade Jeep e-hybrids only has a 15 kw e-motor. Now because the Punch transmission is built to a price, it is mated to low power IC engines, notably the 1.2 liter Pure-Tech three cylinder also built to a price and from the PSA side of the Stellantis house.

Magna is remaining silent on who is getting their latest hybrid transmission built in a new production facility in South America. It just seems Latin America gets the good stuff while we are starved for product.

I sincerely hope that the smaller CDJR products get a reliable and durable hybrid transmission and the Punch transmission stays overseas. It just seems the in-house Stellantis solutions for electrification have been debacles. I'm hoping for better things to happen with the upcoming Ramcharger, but I'm not holding my breath. The hybrid technology the vendors are offering might hold the solution to the battery electric Dodges and Jeeps which have stumbled badly coming out of the gate. The problem is that the vendors have been scared off these past few years by the Penney pinchers running Stellantis.

 

[Mopar392]

I’d be interested to see GSE engine coupled to eDCT.

 

[TripleT]

I am more interested in eliminating the Transmission altogether…. It isn’t needed anymore.

Only on ICE bias vehicles

 

[patfromigh]

I am more interested in eliminating the Transmission altogether…. It isn’t needed anymore.

Only on ICE bias vehicles

The latest thing from ZF is something similar to the e-motor which replaces the torque converter in the hybrid transmission, except it is a generator for the batteries for an extended range EV. It's relatively compact because there isn't a transmission behind it.