Stellantis plans to stop the production of thermal engines in his historical site in Doubrin (Pas-de-Calais) “In several months,” two sources close to the file told Reuters, as part of the change to vehicle electrification and the development of the neighboring gigafactory of ACC.
“In this context, we know how to offer a position to all in the group,” he added, unintentionally in the time horizon planned for the final closure of the site that still uses around 350 people.
The manufacturer born of the merger between PSA and FCA announced Thursday morning during a CSE the production of one of the two engines made in Doubrin, a diesel block next November.
Gasoline engines until 2026
According to the sources, he also announced that the production of the second and last gasoline engine on the site will continue in 2026 but “at a lower rate.”
“The EB engine has to stop in a second step.”
The production of diesel and essence of Stellantis will continue in France in Trémery (Moselle), as well as in Poland and Morocco in particular.
Symbol of the golden age of thermal engines, the Doubrin factory was founded in 1969 by PSA and Renault, where the two groups even developed a French V6. The site, then 100% assumed by PSA, manufactured more than 50 million engines throughout its history.
Signal of the transformation of the sector, 330 employees of the Diesel and Doubrin gasoline engines have already joined the manufacture activity of electric batteries
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Source: BFM TV
