Vauxhall To Go Fully Electric By 2028, Confirms Opel Mantra EV

Most mainstream automakers are revealing viable roadmaps in phasing out the internal combustion engine from their vehicle range. This lines-up with the heavy-handed approach of local European governments in banning non-electric vehicles from their streets some time this decade. Volvo, Ford and various other car companies have come to terms with this.

The same is true of Vauxhall, that has announced that by 2028, it will only offer fully electric cars and vans in the UK. In doing so, the company says it’s on its way to “Reinvent Vauxhall and heading towards a net zero CO2 future – CO2 is the new currency in our industry.”

Vauxhall already offers 9 electric or electrified cars and vans with the Corsa-e, Mokka-e, Grandland PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid), Combo-e, Combo-e Life, Vivaro-e, Vivaro-e Life and Movano-e. The van line up will comprise fully electric ones across the range by the end of this year. Its cars will get there by 2024 before phasing out petrol engines completely in 2028.

Opel Manta GSe ElektroMOD

The company also announced that it will introduce an all-electric , modern day version of the ever popular Opel Mantra. This decision was based on the positive public reception to the Manta GSe ElektroMOD restomod concept. Vauxhall announced this at Stellantis EV Day 2021 and said that the car can be expected sometime in the “mid-decade”.

Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire will become the first Stellantis plant to produce solely electric vehicles once the Combo-e LCV goes into production at the end of next year. Vauxhall has been around since 1903 and is one of Britain’s oldest automotive manufacturers still in existence.