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Stellantis to invest $1.2 billion in Belvidere, Illinois auto plant set to reopen in 2027
Stellantis to Rejuvenate U.S. Auto Industry with Reopening of Belvidere Plant and Enhanced Investments in Detroit, Toledo, and Kokomo
Stellantis plans to reopen its Belvidere plant and make investments in U.S. manufacturing, creating jobs and bolstering the economy.
After meeting with Trump, Stellantis chairman commits to restart of endangered Illinois plant
Stellantis’s Belvidere site has been mothballed since February 2023 after the carmaker temporarily discontinued production of the Jeep Cherokee crossover.
Stellantis has announced plans to build a pickup truck in Belvidere starting in 2027. Here's what we know about it.
Stellantis will also be upgrading its U.S. auto plants across the country — investing $1.2 billion in the Belvidere plant.
Saving the Belvidere factory from permanent closure was a key part of a new contract with the United Auto Workers in 2023. Stellantis originally agree to make an electric truck at Belvidere, create a new EV battery facility and expand its parts-distribution facility into a regional megahub.
Governor Pritzker pointed to the positive impact the decision will have on the state, saying it will provide good-paying jobs for Illinoisans while bolstering the automotive industry.
The UAW believed the company was going back on its plant investment commitments. Now, as Trump takes office, the automaker has renewed its U.S. plans.
The news, announced in a letter to employees from North America Chief Operating Officer Antonio Filosa on Wednesday, also provided some good news to workers in Detroit, where the next generation Dodge Durango will be built and those in Toledo, Ohio, and Kokomo, Indiana, where investments are planned.
The United Automobile Workers union has been pressing the automaker, which owns Chrysler and Jeep, to revive the plant in Belvidere, Ill.
Automaker Stellantis plans to produce a new midsize pickup truck at the assembly plant near Rockford. The move will put about 1,500 UAW-represented employees back to work.
Stellantis has committed to reopening its shuttered Belvidere Assembly plant in Illinois to build an all-new mid-size pickup truck in 2027 and return approximately 1,500 union-represented jobs, the United Auto Workers announced in a press release Wednesday.
The Belvidere factory has been a battleground for the United Auto Workers union since its six-week strike against Detroit's automakers in late 2023. In September 2024, the union filed unfair labor practice charges against the automaker,
Ram will reenter the segment it left in 2011, with the new truck to be built at the plant in Belvidere, Illinois, which has been idle since 2023.
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