Stellantis brands have already made the move to electrification, announcing when they will transform into fully electric brands and what it will mean abandoning traditional combustion. The last one that has announced it has been the French of DS, and the one that will be converted first. It will do so in 2024 with a new flagship that will offer a maximum range of 700 kilometers.
In early August, the luxurious DS Automobiles announced its complete transformation to an electric brand starting in 2024Therefore, all current models will have a successor converted to zero emissions, progressively renewed as their commercial cycle ends. The French firm has been one of the last of the Stellantis consortium to announce it but the first to be converted.
A strategy that will take the name “E-TENSE” to the highest level of electrification, on the new platforms of the Franco-Italian alliance, the modular architectures “STLA”, and with two star models that have the green light for production that will arrive sooner mid-decade. Both will be SUV, but before these it will be released the 100% electric variant of the new DS 4.
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The future DS 4 E-TENSE will be an electric alternative to the Peugeot e-308
The new compact that will try to snatch sales from the Premium is about to reach dealerships, and it will do so with a traditional range of gasoline and diesel versions, as well as a plug-in hybrid. But the brand kept an ace up its sleeve, the completely electric DS 4 E-TENSE which will premiere in 2024. One of the references in its category to stand up to the Germans who have opted more for the SUV format than the traditional compact.
This bet will allow DS’s average CO2 emissions figures to be reduced much further, which are already the lowest of the entire group of brands thanks to its electrified offensive. A model that is already in an advanced stage of pregnancy, conceived on the «EMP2v3» platform of the current model, suitably adapted. A common practice among large manufacturers, with which they will save costs before moving to a more specific one.
For now the specifications are unknown, but we do know that its front electric motor will offer far superior performance that of the DS 3 Crossback E-TENSE, bordering on 200 HP of power. The arrival of the DS 4 E-TENSE has much more background behind than meets the eye. Not only is it a completely necessary model considering the competition, but you also have to throw away the past, because the initial plans for the ë-C4 pointed to a traditional compact and an SUV variant like the one that finally materialized. Now, it will be DS that puts this model into the fray, but with a more luxurious draft.