The Astra Electric will be available as a hatchback and as the first all-electric pickup truck from a German automaker.
Opel will launch an all-electric edition of the Astra in spring 2023, adding a fourth transmission for the Stellantis brand’s compact hatchback and station wagon.
The Astra is available lately with petrol, diesel and plug-in hybrid engines.
The Astra Electric (also available in right-hand drive Vauxhall models) is based on Stellantis’ EMP2 platform, as well as Peugeot’s sister style, the e-308. Both cars have the same 54-kilowatt-hour battery with a new chemistry composed of 80% nickel, 10% manganese and 10% cobalt. The maximum diversity of the Astra is 416 km (259 miles).
Its electric motor, the result of a recent collaboration between Stellantis and the Japanese company Nidec, has an output of 115 kilowatts, or 156 hp. Power is 14. 9 kWh per 100 km, according to WLTP certification, Opel says.
Opel has not announced pricing for the Astra Electric. Es the third all-electric passenger car style of the logo in its existing range, after the Corsa small car and Mokka small SUV. Opel’s advertising and passenger vans also have all-electric options. Opel’s goals for an all-electric logo in Europe until 2028.
PHOTO GALLERY: Opel Astra Electric
The Astra is Opel’s fifth best-selling model through October with 26,154 sales, according to Dataforce, down 47% from 2021. It wasn’t among the 10 smartest dealerships in the segment until September.
The existing generation was introduced in the first quarter of this year and is being built at Opel’s plant in Rüsselsheim, Germany.
Some of the Astra’s rivals in the compact customer segment will also offer electric cars with the same frame taste as the combustion versions, adding the 308, Citroen C4 and Kia Niro.
However, the number of electric-only compact models is increasing, the Renault Megane E-Tech, Nissan Leaf, MG4 and MG5, Volkswagen ID3 and Cupra Born. For the future, VW is expected to launch a new edition of the segment leader. All-electric golf.
Despite those new all-electric entrants, all-electric sales in the segment were 15% through September, according to Dataforce.
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