Tag: Stellantis

Stellantis’ legal battle with transmission supplier heads to federal court

A legal battle between Stellantis and one of its transmission parts suppliers that led to a temporary shutdown of Kokomo transmission plants earlier this year has moved to federal court. Stellantis and MacLean-Goff Component Solutions, a Chicago-based automotive supplier of transmission gear and pinions, are now fighting in federal court in regard to a dispute […]

Stellantis invests additional $55 million in air taxi maker Archer

(Reuters) -Automaker Stellantis will invest an additional $55 million in Archer Aviation after the air taxi maker’s flagship aircraft completed a transition flight last month, the companies said on Tuesday. The latest investment follows the automaker’s open market purchases of 8.3 million shares of Archer’s stock in March, which made Stellantis the largest shareholder in […]

Stellantis warns of halting EV production in UK due to EV sales mandate

Multinational automotive manufacturer Stellantis has indicated it might cease electric vehicle (EV) production in the UK unless the UK Government enhances incentives to boost EV demand. This move comes in response to the stringent zero-emissions vehicle sales targets set by the country. Stellantis’ managing director for the region Maria Grazia Davino said that these sales […]

Stellantis cuts costs rather than turn defensive as Chinese threat grows

By Nora Eckert AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (Reuters) -Stellantis will aggressively move to cut costs as competition from Chinese automakers intensifies rather than use a “defensive” strategy that relies on tariffs on Chinese-made imports that European officials are set to institute in that region, its CEO said on Thursday. Carlos Tavares promised at the No. 4 […]

Fain, UAW VP trade barbs in letters over Stellantis Department

UAW Vice President Rich Boyer pushed back against President Shawn Fain’s decision to strip him of his oversight of the union’s Stellantis Department and had urged Fain to reconsider after Fain laid out his concerns about Boyer’s leadership. The back and forth came in two letters obtained by the Free Press, one from Boyer to […]

Stellantis CEO pledges a $25,000 Jeep EV coming to the U.S. ‘very soon’

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares, like late Fiat Chrysler America boss Sergio Marchionne before him, still isn’t exactly on board with an evolution to electric vehicles that appears to be guided by chaotic regulation, market hope, and enormous sums of money in between. Even so, like Marchionne, he’s overseen EV releases that inch the company toward […]

UAW’s Fain takes oversight of union’s Stellantis Department from vice president

UAW President Shawn Fain will oversee the union’s Stellantis Department going forward, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation. The move means the reassignment of those duties from Vice President Rich Boyer, who had been in charge of the department. Boyer will retain his oversight of the union’s Competitive Shop/Independents, Parts and Suppliers […]

‘Pathetic’ Stellantis Leadership Cut Hundreds Of Jobs While Giving CEO Tavares A $39 Million Salary

Photo: Stellantis UAW President Shawn Fain called out Stellantis as being “pathetic” in a recent Facebook live broadcast event for United Auto Workers union members. The multi-national automaker conglomerate recently fired scores of full-time workers from its Warren Assembly plant where the Ram 1500 and Jeep Wagoneer are built. Further engineering, tech, and software jobswere […]