Stellantis relies on Nvidia and AI digital twins

Smart Factory Stellantis And Accenture Want to Digitize Factories

2026-05-19 From Sven Prawitz 1 min Reading Time

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Using Nvidia technology, digital twins are to make Stellantis' global production facilities more efficient. Accenture will support the implementation.

Stellantis wants to operate its plants more efficiently with digital twins and AI. Accenture is to provide support.(Image: Stellantis) — Stellantis wants to operate its plants more efficiently with digital twins and AI. Accenture is to provide support.
(Image: Stellantis)

The automotive group Stellantis is driving forward the digitalization of its global production facilities. Stellantis has announced that it has entered into a partnership with the consulting firm Accenture. The aim is to establish the use of AI-enabled "digital twins" in production worldwide. The technological basis of the project is the platforms for accelerated computing and the Omniverse libraries from chip giant Nvidia.

A digital twin is a high-precision, virtual replica of a factory. Stellantis says it wants to use this technology to improve ongoing operations with the help of AI-controlled real-time data. For example, new production processes can be tested and validated virtually before they are physically set up on the shop floor. The manufacturer also hopes that predictive maintenance will reduce quality risks and minimize downtimes.

From Pilot Project to Global Scaling

The new technology will be introduced gradually. According to Stellantis, the first implementations in the form of pilot projects will start in 2026 at selected plants in North America. If this test is successful, the systems and the knowledge gained from them will be scaled seamlessly to the Group's entire global production network.

"We are laying the foundations for the next generation of manufacturing at Stellantis," explained Francesco Ciancia, Head of Manufacturing at the automotive group. By combining digital twins, AI and advanced simulation, the company is rethinking how production systems are designed, operated and continuously improved.

Tracey Countryman, Supply Chain and Engineering Global Lead at Accenture, sees the cooperation as an opportunity to use AI in complex industrial processes in a way that creates measurable business added value for the car manufacturer. Together, they want to create a "closed-loop" system in which the virtual and physical factory worlds continuously inform and improve each other.

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