Stellantis U.S. Manufacturing Investments Timeline (June 2009-September 2024)

Since June 2009, Stellantis has committed investments of more than $15 billion in the U.S. Those committed investments include:

Sept. 11, 2024 – $406 million investment in three Michigan facilities - Sterling Heights Assembly, Warren Truck Assembly and Dundee Engine - to support its electrification plans.

Feb. 28, 2023 – $155 million investment in three Indiana plants to produce new electric drive modules (EDM) that will help power future electric vehicles assembled in North America. 

Aug. 1, 2022 – $99 million investment in two U.S. plants for production of a new 1.6-liter, I-4 turbocharged hybrid-electric engine. Investments will be made at the Dundee Engine Complex in Michigan and the Kokomo Casting Plant in Indiana. (Note: the announcement also included a $2 million investment in the Etobicoke Casting Plant in Toronto.)

June 30, 2022 – $24.7 million investment in the Trenton Engine Complex to retool the south plant to be a flexible engine line, capable of producing the two variations of the 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine.  

Oct. 7, 2021 – $229 million in three of its Kokomo, Indiana, plants to produce the fourth-generation eight-speed transmission, retaining 662 jobs and helping the company reach its goal of achieving 40% low-emission vehicle sales in the U.S. by 2030. 

March 5, 2020 – $400 million to repurpose an idled transmission plant in Kokomo to build the GMET4 engine – the Company’s 2.0-liter Global Medium Engine inline four-cylinder turbo, retaining 1,000 jobs and adding nearly 200 more.

Feb. 26, 2019** – $4.5 billion in five existing Michigan plants, and work with the city of Detroit and state of Michigan on building a new assembly plant within city limits. The proposed projects would create nearly 6,500 new jobs. Details of the investment:

• $1.6 billion to convert the two plants that comprise the Mack Avenue Engine Complex into the future assembly site for the next generation Jeep_® Grand Cherokee as well as an all-new 3-row full-size Jeep SUV and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) models, adding 3,850 new jobs to support production.
• Jefferson North Assembly Plant to receive an investment of $900 million to retool and modernize the facility to build the Dodge Durango and next generation Jeep Grand Cherokee with 1,100 new jobs expected.
• The Pentastar engines – the 3.6-, 3.2- and 3.0-liter – currently built at Mack I relocated to the Dundee Engine Plant as part of a $119 million investment.
• The investment at Warren Truck to retool for production of the all-new Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer, announced in 2017, along with their electrified counterparts, to increase to $1.5 billion, adding 1,400 new jobs. Ram 1500 Classic production to continue. As a result of this investment announcement, production of the all-new Ram Heavy Duty will continue at its current location in Saltillo, Mexico. 
• Warren Stamping and Sterling Stamping plants would receive investments of $245 million and $160 million, respectively, with Sterling Stamping expected to add more than 80 new jobs.

(**This announcement revised or confirmed the following information from January 2017: investment and jobs for Warren Truck; investment of $273 million to retool Toledo South; and Ram Heavy Duty production would remain in Saltillo.)

Jan. 8, 2017* – $1 billion to retool and modernize the Warren Truck Assembly Plant to produce the all-new Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer, and the south plant of the Toledo (Ohio) Assembly Complex to build an all-new Jeep pickup truck. More than 2,000 jobs would be added to support production of these models. 

(*This announcement originally confirmed that Ram Heavy Duty production would move from Saltillo, Mexico, to Warren, Michigan.) 

Sept. 27, 2016 – Confirmed the addition of 700 new jobs at its Sterling Heights (Michigan) Assembly Plant when production of the next generation Ram 1500 begins.

July 26, 2016 – $1.48 billion in the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant to retool it to build the next generation Ram 1500 and support the future growth of the Ram brand.

July 14, 2016 – $350 million in the Belvidere (Illinois) Assembly Plant to produce the Jeep Cherokee, which would move in 2017 from its current production location in Toledo, adding approximately 300 new jobs; $700 million in the Toledo Assembly Complex to retool the North plant to produce the next generation Jeep Wrangler, which would create 700 new jobs.

April 26, 2016 – $74.7 million in the Trenton (Michigan) Engine Complex to retool the north plant to produce the next generation four-cylinder engine, retaining 245 jobs. 

July 9, 2015 – $166 million in three new press lines at the Sterling Stamping Plant to support increased product demand. 

Dec. 22, 2014 – $266 million in the Kokomo Transmission Plant to increase capacity of the fuel-efficient TorqueFlite eight-speed transmission.

June 25, 2014 – $63 million in the Warren Stamping Plant to expand capacity at the facility with the installation of a new press. 

Aug. 7, 2013 – $52 million in the Trenton and Dundee, Michigan, engine plants to increase capacity of the Tigershark engine. Trenton North would receive $11.5 million to add an assembly line for the four-cylinder Tigershark engine, creating nearly 298 new positions. With a $40.5 million investment, Dundee would convert a line to machine cranks, heads and blocks to support Tigershark production at Trenton.

April 26, 2013 – $19.6 million in the Toledo (Ohio) Machining Plant to increase machining capacity of the torque converter for the nine-speed transmission.

Feb. 28, 2013 – $374 million to boost transmission production and add about 1,250 new jobs in north-central Indiana. Announcement included: $212 million at Kokomo Transmission, Kokomo Casting and Indiana Transmission I Plants for additional tooling and equipment to produce the eight- and nine-speed transmissions, which would add up to 400 new jobs; $162 million to establish an assembly site for the nine-speed transmission in Tipton, Indiana, and create up to 850 new jobs.

Nov. 15, 2012 – $240 million to increase engine capacity and add about 1,250 new jobs at several Michigan facilities. The announcement included: $198 million at the Mack I Engine Plant with the addition of up to 250 new jobs to produce the Pentastar (V-6) engine; an additional $40 million to add a flexible production line that can run both the Pentastar engine and the Tigershark (I-4) engine at the Trenton North Engine Plant; and the addition of a third crew or about 1,000 jobs at the Warren Truck Assembly Plant to produce the Ram 1500.

Oct. 2012 – Third crew at the Jefferson North Assembly Plant began, adding about 1,100 jobs.

July 2012 – Third crew at the Belvidere Assembly Plant began. With the start of production of the new Dodge Dart in April, more than 1,800 jobs were added.

Feb. 2, 2012 – 1,800 jobs would be added at the Belvidere Assembly Plant, which included the addition of a third crew and hundreds of jobs for production of the Dodge Dart, by the third quarter of 2012. In addition, confirmed that the investment announced in October 2010 for the installation of an all-new body shop had increased from $600 million to nearly $700 million.

Jan. 5, 2012 – Third crew of about 1,100 new jobs would be added at its Jefferson North Assembly Plant in early 2013. In April 2012, announced plans to pull ahead the addition of the new jobs to November.

Dec. 13, 2011 – Announced plans to reopen Conner Avenue (Detroit) Assembly Plant for production of the next generation SRT Viper. With the plant’s reopening, nearly 150 jobs, both hourly and salaried, would return to the city of Detroit.

Nov. 16, 2011 – $500 million at the Toledo Assembly Complex for the production of the next generation Jeep SUV in 2013, adding a second shift of production or about 1,100 jobs in the third quarter of 2013.

Oct. 18, 2011 – $165 million investment in a new body shop, new equipment and conveyors at its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant.

Aug. 23, 2011 – $72 million in the Toledo Machining Plant to produce new generation front-wheel and rear-wheel drive torque converters and steering columns.

June 15, 2011 – $114 million in new equipment at the Trenton North Engine Plant to support increased production of the Pentastar engine, creating 268 new jobs.

Feb. 2011 – Second shift at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant began, adding nearly 900 jobs.

Dec. 14, 2010 – $85 million in the Kokomo Transmission Plant for a variety of powertrain improvements.

Dec. 6, 2010 – $850 million in the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant and stamping facilities in Warren and Sterling Heights (confirmed from Oct. 26, 2010) for construction of an all-new 425,000-square-foot paint shop, as well as the installation of new machinery, tooling and material-handling equipment. Reconfirmed that nearly 900 news jobs would be added on a second shift at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in the first quarter of 2011.

Also confirmed plans to invest $150 million in its GEMA Plant (Dundee, Michigan) for future powertrain production.

Nov. 23, 2010 – $843 million into existing transmission manufacturing facilities in Kokomo to accommodate production of a new advanced front-wheel drive automatic transmission.

Oct. 28, 2010 – $600 million in the Belvidere Assembly Plant, which included the construction of a 638,000-square-foot body shop as well as the installation of new machinery, tooling and material handling equipment.

July 30, 2010 – During a visit by President Obama to Detroit, announced the addition of a second shift of production – or about 900 jobs – at its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in the first quarter of 2011.

July 19, 2010 – Jefferson North Assembly Plant added a second shift of production with nearly 1,100 jobs.

June 9, 2010 – $300 million to modernize Indiana Transmission Plant I* and Kokomo Casting to accommodate future production of a highly fuel-efficient eight-speed automatic transmission for future company vehicles.

(*Project and investment moved to the Kokomo Transmission Plant in December 2010.)

May 11, 2010 – $43 million to increase capacity at the Kokomo Casting and Kokomo Transmission plants, and adapt them to support production of the World Engine and improve processes for the 62TE transmission program, creating. The investment would create 399 new positions, including up to 379 to be filled by employees called back from lay-off status and 20 new hires in supervisory positions.

Dec. 17, 2009 – $179 million to launch production of the 1.4-liter, 16-valve Fully Integrated Robotized Engine (FIRE) at GEMA Plant creating up to 573 new jobs industry-wide, including up to 155 new  jobs.

(Updated: September 2024)