The Stellantis Windsor Meeting Plant is proven on April 1, 2025 in Windsor, Canada. Invoice Pugliano | Getty ImagesDETROIT — Stellantis is pausing manufacturing at two meeting crops in Canada and Mexico as the corporate makes an attempt to navigate President Donald Trump’s new spherical of 25% car price lists that took impact Thursday.The movements are the swiftest and maximum drastic motion through an automaker in regards to the new price lists, which might be imposed on all automobiles imported to the U.S., together with from Canada and Mexico.The downtime comprises two weeks on the automaker’s Windsor Meeting Plant in Ontario, Canada, and all the month of April at its Toluca Meeting Plant in Mexico. Each get started Monday.As a result of the pause in manufacturing, kind of 900 U.S.-represented staff at supporting crops can be quickly laid off along with kind of 4,500 hourly employees on the Canadian plant. Employees on the plant in Mexico will nonetheless report back to the ability however now not produce automobiles because of their contract phrases, in step with an organization spokeswoman.In an e mail to staff Thursday, Stellantis North American leader Antonio Filosa stated the plant downtime is tied to the price lists, as the corporate opinions its choices.”We’re proceeding to evaluate the medium- and long-term results of those price lists on our operations, but additionally have made up our minds to take some instant movements, together with quickly pausing manufacturing at a few of our Canadian and Mexican meeting crops,” Filosa stated. “The ones movements will have an effect on some staff at a number of of our U.S. powertrain and stamping amenities that beef up the ones operations.”The Canadian plant produces the Chrysler Pacifica minivan and the not too long ago launched Dodge Charger Daytona EV. The Mexico plant produces the Jeep Compass SUV and Jeep Wagoneer S EV.Filosa stated the “present surroundings creates uncertainty,” however confident staff that the corporate, which continues to seek for a brand new CEO, is “very engaged with all of our key stakeholders, together with most sensible govt leaders, unions, providers and sellers within the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.”
