Vice President Geraldo Alckmin Performs the First 100% Ethanol Refueling of Flex-Fuel Vehicles during a Visit to the Stellantis Hub in Goiana

(Stellantis (Google Translation)) Stellantis is a pioneer in Brazil in fueling flex-fuel cars that come off the assembly line with 100% ethanol; Vice President of the Republic participated in the launch of the initiative that reduces around 87% of CO2 emissions when burning fuel during the first refueling; Jeep and Fiat vehicles with T270 Flex and Turbo 270 Flex engines will leave the factory fueled with ethanol; In 2025, the initiative will be expanded to the Automotive Hubs of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro and, with that, all flex vehicles produced by the company in Brazil will come out of the production lines with ethanol.

The official visit by the Vice President of the Republic, Geraldo Alckmin, and his entourage marked the beginning of the ethanol supply of flex-fuel cars produced by Stellantis at the Goiana Automotive Hub, in Pernambuco. With this, Stellantis takes another step towards its strategic objective of developing technologies and initiatives for the decarbonization of mobility. Starting today, vehicles with T270 Flex and Turbo 270 Flex engines produced in Pernambuco will leave the factory fueled with ethanol. In 2025, the initiative will be expanded to the automotive hubs in Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.

Initially, the action will be carried out with the Jeep Renegade Flex T270 and Flex T270 4x4, Compass Flex T270 and Commander Flex T270 models, in addition to the Fiat Toro Turbo T270 Flex. Next year, the fuel change will also occur with all flex vehicles produced by the company.

“Stellantis was established with a vision of sustainable mobility and is at the forefront of discussions and actions in favor of sustainability. It is no coincidence that the company’s global strategic plan foresees the complete decarbonization of the entire production cycle by 2038, with a 50% reduction by 2030. To achieve this goal, Stellantis is always seeking to develop strategies to promote low-carbon mobility and identified that this was yet another change to be made to advance decarbonization,” explains Emanuele Cappellano, president of Stellantis for South America.

The initiative, implemented in vehicles produced at the Goiana Automotive Hub, will reduce more than 2,100 tons of CO2 emitted when burning fuel during the first refueling, which represents a reduction of around 87% in emissions.

“By fueling vehicles at the factory with ethanol, Stellantis is helping to neutralize greenhouse gas emissions in industrial units and throughout the value chain. This is because our goal goes beyond vehicle manufacturing, it involves the entire life cycle, from raw materials to the end of the vehicle’s life cycle,” says Cappellano.

The Brazilian energy matrix is more sustainable due to the use of biofuels and the generation of electricity through renewable means. This characteristic of the energy matrix opens up a range of mobility solutions for the country, under privileged conditions. For this reason, ethanol is a strong ally in reducing CO2 emissions in Brazil.

When considered in the complete life cycle of the automobile, the use of ethanol is extremely efficient in emissions, since sugarcane in its plant development cycle absorbs CO2, which provides around 60% final mitigation of the CO2 emitted when compared to the use of gasoline.

Brazil has accumulated more than four decades of technology in this fuel and has a huge production, logistics and distribution platform already in place. In addition, flex fuel technology is present in around 80% of the Brazilian fleet of light vehicles. Thus, ethanol is proving to be a competitive alternative for decarbonization in the country.

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