FCA (Fiat-Chrysler) is investing $204 million to modernize its plant in the Polish city of Tychy, after which it will start producing hybrid and electric cars for Jeep, Fiat and Alfa Romeo.
This enterprise has been part of Fiat since 1992, and currently produces Fiat 500 and Lancia Ypsilon hatchbacks, as well as Fiat Panda. After the upgrade, the product range will expand with three more models - one each from Jeep, Alfa Romeo and Fiat. The concern does not go into details, in the announcement of the investment, he calls promising cars "technologically advanced" and also based on a "new concept of mobility."
There is no more specific information on this matter yet, but the Alfa Romeo range currently consists only of cars with internal combustion engines. An electrified power plant will be received in 2021 by the not yet presented Tonale crossover, the concept of which was shown in March 2019 at the Geneva auto show, although the option of producing a new subcompact SUV in Poland is not excluded.
At Fiat, the range of electric vehicles is represented only by the 500 city car, the Jeep hybrid range consists of the Renegade 4xe and Compass 4xe crossovers (the brand does not yet offer fully electric models), they have been sold in Europe since December 2020.
According to Zigwheels, the production of cars at the modernized Polish plant will begin in mid-2022.
Italian Alfa Romeos will be produced in Poland
