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The original was posted on /r/cars by /u/BioDriver on 2025-06-13 14:24:54+00:00.

If you’ve been patiently waiting for the next-generation Alfa Romeo Stelvio or Giulia, you’ll need to wait a bit longer. Alfa Romeo has officially postponed the debut of both models as the brand pivots away from a fully electric strategy.

Santo Ficili, the Head of Alfa Romeo and Maserati, confirmed the news during a Q&A session on Tuesday. While the original plan was to launch the new Stelvio—expected to ride on Stellantis’ new STLA Large platform—as a battery electric vehicle (BEV) in 2025, that timeline is no longer realistic.

“The transition throughout electrification is not going with the speed we were imagining last period,” Ficili admitted. “So now we are changing, totally, our path following the specific requests of our customers.”

What does that mean exactly? Alfa Romeo will now offer the next Stelvio and Giulia not just as EVs, but also with traditional internal combustion engines, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), and mild hybrids (MHEVs). That’s a big change from the earlier all-electric promise, and it comes as global demand for EVs has cooled.

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