Stellantis adds to NorthAm auto cuts

Corrects years for forecasts.

Automaker Stellantis will take down its Belvidere, Illinois, midsize SUV plant and its Detroit, Michigan, full-size SUV plant down for the week of 4 April.

The outages add to the week-long closures of sedan plants announced yesterday by Ford and General Motors (GM).

North American automakers have dealt with semiconductor and other parts shortages for more than a year as a result of global economic and supply disruptions from the Covid-19 pandemic. Supply issues cut the production of more than 2mn vehicles in North America in 2021, according to data from research firm AutoForecast Solutions.

The company's forecast for North American production in 2022 has already been cut by 120,000 vehicles since the beginning of the year, down to 15.15mn units. That would be 2mn vehicles more than the estimated 13.14mn that were produced in the region in 2021.

By Rye Druzin