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Stellantis has cut 400 salaried engineering, tech, and software positions

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Dodge and Chrysler’s parent company, Stellantis, has announced plans to lay off around 400 salaried workers from various positions across engineering, technology, and software. by the same year. What are your thoughts?

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Stellantis Pulls Out of LA, SEMA

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Stellantis will not be at next month's Los Angeles Auto Show. This is due to the ongoing United Auto Workers' strike. SEMA opens to the public on October 31 and the LA Auto Show opens to the public on November 17, following the media day on November 16. We'll have to see if Ford or General Motors follow suit.

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J.D. Power: quality takes a back seat to innovation as problems reach a record high

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—Frank Hanley, senior director of auto benchmarking at J.D. This is only for the operating system for in-vehicle infotainment, not for the smartphone mirroring systems of Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. Dodge is the highest-ranking brand overall in initial quality with a score of 140 PP100.

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UAW strikes: GM shuts down Kansas plant and lays off 2,000 workers

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General Motors (GM) has shut down a manufacturing plant in Kansas and laid off the site’s roughly 2,000 workers after the automaker stated plans to do so last week. The news comes as the latest amidst strikes from the United Auto Workers (UAW) union targeting Ford, GM and Stellantis. What are your thoughts?

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Italian Government Upset Alfa Romeo ‘Milano’ Will Be Built in Poland

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As an American, I’m not exactly thrilled what the brand has in store for Dodge and Chrysler either. That’d be like Ford or General Motors producing something called “The Detroit” and then having it built somewhere in Mexico. "A Then again, the vehicle in question is likewise being marketed as overtly Italian.

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GM avoided all-electric Corvette due to performance concerns

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General Motors (GM) avoided producing an all-electric Chevrolet Corvette for its most recent model year, instead opting for a hybrid drivetrain due to performance, cost, pedigree, and more concerns. Designing a next-generation model of a long-lasting nameplate vehicle is not easy. What do you think of the article?

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Majority of workers at Mercedes-Benz plant sign up for UAW

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” Last year, the UAW successfully launched a historic, six-week strike against the “Big Three” automakers of Michigan, Ford, General Motors (GM) and Dodge-Chrysler parent company Stellantis, garnering record pay increases. facilities. .” “It’s autoworkers everywhere against corporate greed.

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