Stellantis has committed to an investment of 2 billion euros in 2025, as well as the allocation of new vehicle models to its Italian plants.
The car manufacturer Stellantisowner of brands such as Fiat, Peugeot or Citroën, has met with the italian government on Tuesday at the Palazzo Piacentini, headquarters of the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy, to address the crisis that the automotive sector is going through and discuss the issues affecting the market, as well as the protection of the almost 25,000 workers at risk .
Stellantis has committed to an investment of 2 billion euros in 2025, as well as the allocation of new vehicle models to its Italian plants after the Government of Giorgia Meloni underlined the need to act together to relaunch the automotive sector in the difficult phase of technological renewal and industrial transition.
“The Government, in a difficult budgetary context, has made a significant effort, making available to the sector and the supply chain more than 1,000 million euros in 2025 to support companies in the ongoing transition with industrial policy tools,” said Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso.
“Now we can put the Italian and European automobile industry back on the right track,” added Urso when presenting the Italy Planwhich the Italian Executive hopes will place Italy at the center of development policy by Stellantis.
Stellantis’ new strategies
“All Italian plants will remain active and in 2026, production capacity will grow thanks to new models,” said Stellantis’ European director, Jean-Philippe Imparato, about the strategies that the company intends to adopt for Italian plants and to protect workers in the sector.
Stellantis also foresees 6,000 million euros in purchases to suppliers operating in Italy and 2,000 million in investments for the plants next year. “The time has come for us, Stellantis, let’s partner with Italy to confront the existential challenges underestimated by some in Europe,” Imparato said.
Immediately afterwards, Imparato announced that the new Stella-Small platformon which the production of two new compact modelswill be installed in Pomigliano starting in 2028. At the Campania plant, production of cars for the mass market will be reinforced with the expansion of production of the Panda, also known as Pandina, until 2030followed by the introduction of the new generation of the same model.
In recent days, Imparato had anticipated other commitments with the Italian plants. Among them, the decision to assign the Turin plant Mirafiori the production of the current Fiat 500 hybrid which will be developed from the end of 2025 and the new generation of the 500 confirmed until 2032-2033. Mirafiori will also be the headquarters of the Wider Europe region, the global center of the commercial vehicles division, which is currently the only site in the world for electric battery development testing.
In Melfi, where the STLA-Medium platform has been installed, Stellantis will produce from 2025 the new Jeep Compass, both electric and hybrid, the new Lancia Gamma, the new DS and the new DS7. All new models will also be hybridsnot only electrical, which will triple the volumes produced, declared Imparato.
“Modena will become the high-end hubthe pride of ‘Made in Italy’, involving the productive ecosystem of Motor Valley in this mission to develop the project together with all the actors in the supply chain, from design to pre-industrialization, with the best national components in terms of innovation and circularity,” Imparato added.
The crisis in the automobile sector: 2024 was a difficult year
The crisis in the automobile market is accelerating, both in Europe and in Italy. According to Unrae data, despite the 1,000 million in incentives launched by the Government This year, registrations continue to decline, at the same level as in 2023.
In addition to stagnating compared to last year, with figures ranging between 1,560 and 1,570 million, registrations they are 350,000 less than before the COVID-19 pandemic. Car sales have also suffered a drastic decrease compared to last year: almost 24.6% less than the previous year.
On the industrial front, Italian production is at its lowest level and the current year will end with only 500,000 cars manufactured: the worst result in recent years.
This has had serious repercussions on other companies in the supply chain, first of all the components industry, and on the more than 40,000 workers in the sector. The unions speak of thousands of workers without employment regulation files at the end of the first quarter of 2025.
Due to the low level of penetration in the electric or plug-in car market, which covers approximately a third of the European averagethen the question of taxation and rates is added: VAT and the system of tax deductions for company cars have been “frozen” since the 70s.
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The president of Stellantis, John Elkannhas reassured the country about the future of the plants and is currently also committed from an institutional point of view, as demonstrated by his recent meeting with the French president, Emmanuel Macronto which he reiterated the automaker’s commitment to France, an important country for the company.
Elkann took over as head of a temporary executive committee pending the appointment of the group’s future CEO, following the resignation of Carlos Tavares announced on December 1, 2024. The appointment will take place in the first half of 2025.
“Today we have very important expectations, the ones we have always raised in recent months, so we want certain answers of Stellantis regarding production (…) and we need answers regarding the giant factory in Termoli, and we also need answers from the Government,” said Samuele Lodi, national secretary of the Fiom CGIL union.
“Without the refinancing of the severance fund, 25,000 workers at Stellantis and related industries are in danger“, also reiterated the general secretary of Fim, Ferdinando Uliano.
ADVERTISINGMeanwhile, the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloniaddressed the opposition, and in particular the 5 Star Movementstating that they were in the Government when politics did not defend national interests.
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