Despite EV Push, Stellantis Has a Flood of New Gas Engines Coming

While it seems like every major global automaker has already mostly turned their attention to fully electrifying their vehicle lineups in the next decade or so, there's little talk of the millions of gas-powered vehicles that will be sold in the interim. While some companies have declared they're no longer developing new engines anymore, others haven't left internal combustion engine development behind just yet. Mickly Bly, the global boss of propulsion systems for Stellantis, recently hinted at a future outline for plenty of new gas engines to be introduced in the next few years. Here's what we can expect:

To be clear, Stellantis is fully onboard the EV hype train, along with most of everybody else. They've just left enough room in the budget, apparently, to sustain and even potentially improve their gas offerings while developing and introducing new EV lineups. The company's stated goals for now are for sales to be fully electric in Europe by 2030, but just half here in the U.S. by that same time, leaving plenty of margin for gas and hybrid models (as long as automakers don't face future pro-EV or anti-ICE regulation or interference of some sort in the meantime).

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Speaking to a conference in Detroit (viaAutomotive News) earlier this week, Bly hinted at the gas engines currently in development. Alongside the recently-introduced Hurricane I-6 family with standard and high-output (HO) versions, Bly seemed to confirm that a 2.0-liter inline-four cylinder version based on the same architecture is coming. He also suggested that the I-6 version had more power potential beyond its current 500+ hp HO version, so we might expect that coming soon, as well—likely for the non-EV next-gen Charger variants.

Despite the introduction of the Hurricane I-6 and its apparent upcoming I-4 sibling, it's surprising that Bly also confirmed the automaker's current Pentastar V-6 engine will also stick around for a while, with an updated version in the works that likely involves some form of hybridization, based on the exec's comments. A new three-cylinder engine based on an existing European design is also apparently on the way.

Finally, Bly mentioned new diesels, despite the recent demise of the company's available 3.0-liter diesel engine. We can expect "a low-displacement diesel and a big diesel," however these engines may not be intended for the U.S. market, or the decision could still be up in the air. But even without those two diesels, Bly seemingly has confirmed a new 2.0L I-4, a more powerful Hurricane I-6, an updated (hybrid) Pentastar V-6, and a new 3-cylinder borrowed from Europe, which is a significant onslaught of ICE development these days.

As for which vehicles each engine ends up in is anyone's guess, as many of the Stellantis brand roadmaps are yet to be revealed or are intentionally vague. The upcoming Dodge Charger Daytona was introduced as an EV, but recently-released factory images appear to show a version of it with room for a transmission tunnel, suggesting we could also get an ICE version. Beyond that, there's still the bevy of Jeep and Dodge SUVs that'll need engines going forward. On the flip side, it seems Alfa Romeo is going EV-only beginning in 2025, with Chrysler said to do the same by 2028, so who knows if those brands will introduce any new gas models in the interim. Still, somewhere at Stellantis, there's clearly plenty of life left for the gas engine.