According to Bloomberg, Antonio Filosa, the chief operating officer of the North American and Jeep brand of automobile manufacturer Stellandis, said that before the presidential President Donald Trump, the president of the United States, the company’s key production decisions were clearly related to the relevant policies. Portate.
Filosa said Stellandis has not yet determined the production place of some new models, such as the alternative model of Jeep Cherokee medium -sized SUV. This model was discontinued in 2023, and where will the decision to produce alternative models in the future will be affected by Trump’s possible tariffs or other policy changes. In this regard, Filosa told the media at the Detroit Auto Show: “We have a few choices, these are things we are evaluating.”
Since the US election, it has threatened new tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China, or increased tariffs, and car manufacturers including Tesla and BYD have been re -considered planning. Mazda Motor Company said last month that if Trump insisted on levying tariffs, the company will adopt an unintegosed “B Plan” on its Mexican production strategy.
For the outdated Stellantis of the product lineup, the new model is very important, and it is expected to help the company to reverse the long -term decline in sales trends. Filosa said his work focuses on regaining market share in the United States. The United States is the biggest market for JEEP. Now the company has greatly reduced inventory, lowered the price to attract more retail buyers, and give dealers additional incentives to help reverse the business.
Earlier, the Jeep Cherokee model was produced in a factory in Belvidere (Illinois) in Illinois. However, Carlos Tavares, the former CEO of Stellandis, ordered the factory to close the factory, causing strong dissatisfaction with the American Automobile Workers’ Federation (UAW). The alternative of this model has not been named, but it will be a hybrid vehicle or produced in Mexico and Canada.
However, Filosa said Stellandis is studying many different possibilities, suggesting that new models may be produced elsewhere, including the United States. Filosa said, “We will strive to create employment opportunities in the United States”, but they have not discussed with Trump that “after Trump and its government make decisions, we will carry out work accordingly.”