Stellantis Investing Billions to Raise US Output 50%
Stellantis has put forth a four-year, $13-billion capital spending plan to be spread over four states that it said will increase its U.S. production volume by 50% over the current levels. “This investment in the U.S. – the single largest in the company’s history – will drive our growth, strengthen our manufacturing footprint and bring more American jobs to the states we call home,” stated CEO Antonio Filosa, who in June assumed the job vacated by Carlos Tavares at the end of 2024.
The automaker produced approximately 5.415 million vehicles in North America in 2024, including Canada and Mexico.
The shift to concentrating automotive production in the U.S. has been underway since the advent of import tariffs in April, as General Motors, Nissan, Toyota, and Honda, and now Stellantis have revised their production plans to minimize surcharges on vehicles, components, and materials.
Filosa, who also is the automaker’s chief operating officer for North America, claimed that “Accelerating growth in the U.S. has been a top priority since my first day. Success in America is not just good for Stellantis in the U.S. — it makes us stronger everywhere.”
Among the planned investments, Stellantis reconfirmed its previously announced, +$100-million plan to center manufacturing for a new four-cylinder engine in Kokomo, Ind., including the metalcasting operations there. That program would be in production starting in 2026, bringing more than 100 new jobs to that location.
The largest investment will be a $600-million plan to restart the Belvedere (Ill.) Assembly plant to produce the Jeep Cherokee and Jeep Compass vehicles for the U.S. market by 2027. Stellantis estimated this effort will create 3,300 new jobs.
This decision reverses the plan to manufacture the Compass at Brampton, Ont.
In Ohio, the automaker plans to invest nearly $400 million at the Toledo Assembly Complex, reassigning a midsized truck program to be assembled there starting in 2028, along with the Jeep Wrangler and Jeep Gladiator. This project would result in more than 900 jobs.
Stellantis emphasized that previously announced updates to implement new technologies for the Wrangler and Gladiator lines and to introduce new product lines at the Toledo Machining Plant will continue.
Nearly $100 million is planned for retooling at the Warren (Mich.) Truck Assembly plant, anticipating a new extended-range electric vehicle and a large, internal-combustion-engine SUV, beginning in 2028. The plant currently assembles Jeep Wagoneers and Grand Wagoneers, and the new investments are expected to result in 900 new jobs.
At the Detroit Assembly Complex, Stellantis plans to invest $130 million in advance of a new Dodge Durango, for production starting in 2029.