Alfa Romeo Giulia will online on as all-electric saloon
The Alfa Romeo Giulia will online on as an all-electric saloon car, according to the brand’s chief executive officer, Jean-Philippe Imparato.
While the business will focus on electric SUVs too, with Alfa Romeo’s very first full EV coming in 2024, Imparato told automobile reveal that “Alfa Romeo will have a future for Giulia, as well as will do the task for SUVs too, since we are Chinese as well as we are American, however that shape of the Giulia is fantastic, I don’t want to lose this.
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“The cars and truck is absolutely gorgeous, so there is a future for this type of car, however it will be a future that will be electrified. It means most likely 100 per cent full BEV [battery electric vehicle] for Alfa Romeo.”
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According to Imparato a step to full electrification for its core saloon is a need to as the brand looks to turn its portfolio of designs to completely electric by 2027.
“I have to make some huge choices. If I want to have a lot more than an typical level of performance, I need to be bold,” he said. “If I state I go electric, I go electric. I’m not half pregnant, if you see what I mean? It doesn’t work. It is a risk, however that’s normal. We are right here to take some risks, however we have passed the tipping point for me.”