ROME (Reuters) – Stellantis (NYSE:) will lengthen the stoppage of automotive manufacturing at its Italian Mirafiori plant by an additional two weeks, till Jan. 20, the top of the FIOM-Cgil commerce union on the web site mentioned on Thursday.
FIOM’s Gianni Mannori instructed Reuters that the choice – first reported by day by day MF – had not but been made official by the corporate. A spokesperson for Stellantis was not instantly obtainable for remark.
Mirafiori, based mostly in Fiat (BIT:)’s hometown of Turin, has seen a number of manufacturing stoppages this yr attributable to low demand for the electrical Fiat 500 metropolis automotive and the 2 Maserati sports activities fashions produced there.
Stellantis had introduced on the finish of final month that meeting traces can be paused for the entire of December and till Jan. 5, attributable to “persevering with uncertainty in gross sales” for electrical vehicles in Europe and luxurious vehicles in China and the U.S.
