The Stellantis Windsor assembly plant is presented on April 1, 2025 in Windsor, Canada.
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DETROIT – Stelllantis Stop production in two assembly factories in Canada and Mexico while the company is trying to navigate the new 25% automotive tariff cycle of President Donald Trump who entered into force on Thursday.
Actions are the fastest and most radical action of a car manufacturer concerning new prices, which are imposed on all vehicles imported in the United States, including Canada and Mexico.
The downtime includes two weeks in the Windsor assembly plant in the automaker in Ontario, Canada, and all April in its Toluca assembly plant in Mexico. Both start on Monday.
Due to the production break, around 900 employees represented in the United States in the support factories will be temporarily dismissed in more than 4,500 hourly workers at the Canadian factory. Mexico factory workers will always present themselves to the establishment but will not produce vehicles because of their contract, according to a company spokesperson.
In an email to employees on Thursday, the chief of the North American Stellantis, Antonio Filosa, said that the factory downtime was linked to the prices, while the company examined its options.
“We continue to assess the medium and long -term effects of these prices on our operations, but we have also decided to take immediate actions, including a temporary break in some of our Canadian and Mexican assembly factories,” said Filosa. “These actions will have an impact on certain employees of several of our American and stamping group facilities that support these operations.”
The Canadian factory produces the mini-dinner Chrysler Pacifica and the Dodge Charger Daytona EV recently published. The Mexico factory produces the JEEP COMPASS SUV and Jeep WAGONEER S.
Filosa said that “the current environment creates uncertainty”, but has assured employees that the company, which continues to seek a new CEO, is “very committed with all our main stakeholders, including the main government leaders, unions, suppliers and concessionaires in the United States, Canada and Mexico”.
