According to foreign media reports, Gianni Mannori, head of the FIOM-Cgil union at Stellantis’s Mirafiori factory in Italy, said on December 12 that the factory will extend the car production suspension period for another two weeks, and the new production suspension period will last until January 20 next year.
Mannori disclosed Stellantis ‘decision to foreign media, but the company has not yet officially announced the decision.
, Stellantis said that the company is still estimating order volumes for January and will not comment on media speculation.
“We will announce the situation for January next week,” the company said in a statement.
Photo source: Stellantis, The Stellantis Mirafiore factory is located in Turin, where Fiat is headquartered.
Due to sluggish market demand for its electric Fiat 500 city sedan and two Maserati sports cars, the factory has suspended production several times this year.
, Stellantis announced late last month that due to “continuing uncertainty” in sales of electric vehicles in Europe and luxury cars in China and the United States, assembly lines at the Mirafiore plant would be suspended throughout December until January 5.
It was previously reported that Stellantis had concentrated its Fiat 500 orders for the next three months in November and hoped to have some output in December, but the company failed to do so due to a shortage of parts caused by supply problems.
Like other companies in the industry, Stellantis faces huge challenges, such as sluggish demand for high-priced electric vehicles and competition from China.
In addition, Stellantis is also struggling to deal with excessive inventories in the U.S. market, which has led it to lower profit and cash flow forecasts.
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