Opel tells us that it has taken another major step towards becoming a fully electric brand by announcing that the successor to the Opel Crossland B-SUV will be offered with an all-electric drive in 2024.
As such, every model in the German carmaker's product portfolio will be available with a battery-electric variant as early as next year. The brand is committed to a fully electric product portfolio in Europe by 2028.
"With the successor to the Crossland we will make the fun of battery-electric driving available across our entire model range - and give our customers access to locally emissions-free mobility in every one of our models," Florian Huettl, Opel CEO, said.
Opel points to today's wide range of battery-electric Opel models, which already extends from the popular Corsa Electric and Mokka Electric, to the Combo-e Life and the Zafira-e Life people carriers, and even the Rocks Electric quadricycle, available in some markets.
These vehicles have just been joined by the new Astra Electric, which claims a range of 418km WLTP and available to order as a 5-door hatch and Sports Tourer estate from late 2023
They will now be followed next year by the all-electric successors to the Crossland and Grandland SUV.
In addition, battery-electric versions of the complete commercial vehicle portfolio are available in many countries, including the Combo-e and Vivaro-e, together with the Movano-e and the Kargo version of the Rocks Electric Kargo. Opel will therefore be claiming to offer 15 fully electrified models by the end of this year alone.
The portfolio of Opel electrified vehicles features alternatives to pure battery-electric drive, powered by plug-in petrol hybrid powertrains. The Astra GSe and the Grandland GSe ranges offer a system power output of up to 300hp and strong maximum torque of up to 520 Nm, with CO2 emissions from as low as 25-28 g/km combined.
Within a few months, 48V hybrids will join the electrified line-up, starting with the recently announced new Opel Corsa. The 74 kW/100 hp and 100 kW/136 hp engines will come with a new dual-clutch automatic transmission. Open claims that the new Corsa will then offer customers a choice of drives, from purely
battery-electric to hybrid to highly efficient combustion engines, which it boasts is unrivalled in this segment.
In the meantime, Opel says that it is also continuing to pioneer the development of hydrogen fuel cell transporters. The Vivaro-e-Hydrogen is already on the road in a number of European countries and a large fuel cell transporter is scheduled to follow in 2024.
