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Plans by Stellantis for a battery factory and a regional parts hub in Belvidere are off the table, a United Auto Workers official says.
The maker of Dodge, Jeep and Ram vehicles still plans to build a midsize pickup truck at Belvidere in two years, which would employ about 1,500 workers, as announced in January.
But the $3.2 billion battery plant and a much larger regional parts hub are no longer part of the plan, UAW Vice President Kevin Gotinsky told Crain’s sister brand Automotive News. Local officials have been hearing the same thing, says state Rep. Dave Vella, who represents the district that includes the plant.
It means the plant, which was idled by Stellantis two years ago, will still reopen, saving 1,500 highly prized auto assembly jobs. But it will be much smaller than originally planned.
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, May 9, 25 @ 11:47 am
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I can’t but conclude that these changes are due to the new trade policies, disrupting logistics systems, and planning. You can look at it as hardliner confrontation against labor, but I think it’s a bigger issue than just that. They would put up with their walls with labor, if everybody was still making a lot of money, but when you throw a humongous wrench into the logistics chain, everything else has the grind to a stop until they figure out a new paradigm.
Comment by Give Us Barrabbas Friday, May 9, 25 @ 1:53 pm