Stellantis laying off about 400 US workers, citing ‘unprecedented uncertantities’
By David Shepardson (Reuters) -Chrysler parent Stellantis said on Friday it will lay off about 400 U.S. salaried workers as it seeks to cut costs, boost efficiency and ramp up electric-vehicle production…
Stellantis and Uber join forces on electric vehicles market in France
PARIS (Reuters) – Carmaker Stellantis and Uber announced a partnership along with the company Free2Move to focus on the French electric vehicles market. The companies said in a joint presentation on Tuesday…
Stellantis and Renault halt Spanish assembly lines as chip shortage persists
MADRID (Reuters) – Carmakers Stellantis and Renault will partly halt their Spanish plants in the coming days and weeks as the lack of microchips persists, two union representatives told Reuters on Friday.…
Stellantis to buy back shares worth about $920 million from GM
(Reuters) – American-Italian-French automaker Stellantis NV said on Tuesday it will buy back shares worth about 923 million euros ($919.31 million) from General Motors Co. Stellantis said it would buy back about…
Workers at Stellantis’ Indiana plant go on strike
(Reuters) – Members of the United Auto Workers union walked out of Stellantis’ Kokomo plant in Indiana on Saturday, citing health and safety concerns. In a statement, the union demanded the company…
Stellantis appoints Chris Taylor as chief digital information officer
MILAN (Reuters) – Stellantis on Wednesday said it had appointed IT veteran Chris Taylor as its chief digital information officer, a newly created position aimed at helping the world’s No. 4 carmaker…
Stellantis plant in Sochaux halted over chip shortage
PARIS (Reuters) – Car production at Stellantis’ Sochaux car plant in France will be suspended until Saturday, the company confirmed to Reuters, after a union official cited semiconductor shortages as the reason…
Work at Stellantis’ Melfi plant halted as logistic contractors strike -union
ROME – Production at Stellantis’ Melfi plant in southern Italy was halted on Tuesday due to a strike of the carmaker’s logistics contractors, unions said in a joint statement. The workers went…
GAC hits back at Stellantis over collapse of Chinese JV
(Reuters) – China’s Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) said on Friday it was “deeply shocked” by critical comments from Stellantis about the end of their joint venture in China, adding it was Stellantis…
U.S. opens new safety probes into Stellantis, GM, Ford vehicles
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. auto safety agency said Tuesday it was opening five investigations into more than 1.8 million Stellantis, Ford Motor and General Motors vehicles over stalling and…
Stellantis, unions agree further 1,820 voluntary exits in Italy
MILAN – Carmaker Stellantis and unions on Thursday signed an agreement to cut up to 1,820 more workers from the group’s Italian operations this year through voluntary redundancies, workers’ representatives said. Incentives…
Chip crunch to cut Stellantis’ Italy 2022 output by up to 220,000 vehicles -union
MILAN – A global crunch in semiconductor supply could cost Stellantis up to 220,000 vehicles this year in terms of lost output in Italy, the FIM CISL union said, adding this would…
Stellantis’ French diesel engine plant to get EV motor boost
By Gilles Guillaume TREMERY -World No. 4 carmaker Stellantis said on Wednesday it will speed up electric motor production at its factory in Tremery, France, long the world’s largest diesel engine plant,…
Stellantis production stoppages in France linked to Continental, sources say
PARIS -Production stoppages at two Stellantis auto plants in France stem from shortages in components from German supplier Continental, two sources close to Stellantis said on Friday. Continental was unable to deliver…
Stellantis workers block Belgrade highway over layoff plans
(Fixes typo in paragraph 2 and dropped word ‘the’ in last paragraph) BELGRADE – Workers from automaker Stellantis’ Serbian plant blocked the main highway in the capital Belgrade on Wednesday to protest…
Stellantis looks beyond SUV era with new Peugeot 408
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS – Peugeot, one of Stellantis’ French brands, unveiled its new 408 model on Wednesday, betting the “fastback” sedan will attract motorists suffering from sports-utility vehicle (SUV) fatigue. SUVs…
Stellantis plans layoffs at Sterling Heights stamping plant in U.S.
(Reuters) – Automaker Stellantis NV said on Tuesday it will begin an indefinite layoff starting next week at its Sterling Heights stamping plant in Michigan. The world’s fourth largest carmaker did not…
Stellantis to leave ACEA auto manufacturers association by year-end
MILAN – Stellantis said on Monday it would leave the European carmaker association ACEA by the end of 2022 as part of a new approach to addressing issues and challenges of future…
Stellantis secures lithium supply from California for EV batteries
(Reuters) – Stellantis NV has secured lithium essential for its electric vehicle production in North America from a project in California, as carmakers worldwide scramble to secure supply of the battery metal…
Stellantis to halt Italy’s key Melfi plant next week due to chip shortage
MILAN – Carmaker Stellantis will again stop operations at its key Melfi plant in southern Italy next week, a union representative said on Wednesday, citing shortages of various parts, including semiconductors. Marco…
Stellantis offers some Serbian workers two years abroad or redundancy
BELGRADE – Stellantis has offered some workers at its plant in Serbia a choice between moving abroad for two years to re-train in electric car production, or taking redundancy, it said on…
Stellantis to start reshuffle of dealer network next year
VERONA, Italy -Stellantis will start a reshuffle of its European dealers’ network next year from Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands, and its van and premium brands in all markets, its regional sales…
Stellantis, unions agree further 480 voluntary exits in Italy
MILAN – Carmaker Stellantis has agreed with unions it will cut 480 jobs this year at its Mifariori facility in Turin through voluntary redundancies, Italy’s FIM-CISL union said on Monday. The deal…
Serbia inks $200 million deal with Stellantis to produce electric cars
SARAJEVO – Serbia on Thursday signed a 190 million euro ($199.67 million) deal with Franco-Italian car maker Stellantis for the production of an electric vehicle at its car manufacturing plant in Kragujevac.…
Stellantis’ Citroen draws the curtain on 30 years of minivans
(Reuters) – Stellantis’ Citroen announced on Thursday the end of its C4 Grand SpaceTourer model, drawing a line under 30 years of minivans that embodied the brand’s family image now overshadowed by…
Mitsubishi halts production at Russian plant it co-runs with Stellantis
(Reuters) -Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors said on Friday it had stopped production at a Russian van plant in Kaluga that it owns with Stellantis until further notice, joining other major carmakers that…
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