Stellantis cuts shift at Illinois Jeep plant amid chip woes

[cygnus]

"Stellantis said it’s cutting more than 1,600 jobs at its Illinois Jeep plant, a sign the deepening chip shortage that has idled auto plants is now doing more lasting damage.

The automaker formed from the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and French rival PSA Group said it will cut the second shift at its Belvidere plant by July 26, affecting as many as 1,671 people. The move is intended to “balance sales with production” of the Jeep Cherokee, which is made there, the company said Friday in an emailed statement."

Stellantis cuts shift at Illinois Jeep plant amid chip woes

Not good. It sounds like these layoffs could last a while.

 

[AlexB]

Stellantis Q1 Shipments+Revenue (and likely chip shortage update) Confernce call :May 5th

Stellantis N.V. (Stellantis) has announced that its First Quarter 2021 Shipments and Revenues will be released on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. Stellantis management will host a live audio webcast and conference call on that day at 2:00 p.m. CEST / 8:00 a.m. EDT to review the Q1 2021 Shipments and...

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Its seems RAM DT, Grand Cherokee launch, Gladiator and Wrangler have priority for chips & production.....which is not shocking.

 

[VANISHING POINT #1]

Unless we go back to mechanical parts (backwards to some?) then we won't have to worry about micro chips and EMP attacks.
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