This will allow for in-house testing and development of EV battery packs for the companys upcoming products.

The move is part of a plan to expand battery building capacity to 400GWh and significantly reduce battery weight.

Spread over three levels, the site features 32 climatic cells.

Stellantis opens €40M EV battery tech centre in Italy

Of these, 24 are walk-in chambers for testing battery packs (up to 47 in parallel).

They can be controlled for humidity and temperature, with a range from -40 to 60C.

The other eight are for testing cells (capable of testing 96 in parallel).

Stellantis testing chambers at new site

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However, he admitted to having no idea what the battery of the future will look like.

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