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Belvidere, Oct 18 (EFE/EPA).- Parent company Stellantis has cut production and laid off 1,100 employees at the plant indefinitely because of a shift toward electric vehicles and a global microchip shortage. Employees laid off have been offered options of relocation, quitting or being fired as the US faces supply chain problems. (Camera: TANNEN MAURY).AERIAL FOOTAGE TAKEN WITH A DRONE SHOWS NEW VEHICLES AWAITING SHIPMENT AT THE FIAT CHRYSLER ASSEMBLY PLANT NEAR BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS, US. .
PSA's shareholders meeting by videoconference for an extraordinary general meeting to ratify the merger with the Italian-American manufacturer Fiat-Chrysler (FCA), creating the new Stellantis group, which becomes the fourth largest automobile group in the world. IMAGES
The merger of Peugeot-maker PSA and Fiat Chrysler is "good news both for France and for the European industry", says French Economy minister Bruno Le Maire. SOUNDBITE
Fiat Chrysler is recalling 1.9 million vehicles worldwide for an air bag defect linked to three deaths and five injuries in yet another major recall to hit the auto industry. David Pollard reports.
The parents of actor Anton Yelchin sue Fiat Chrysler Automobiles for negligence and product liability over the rollaway crash of a Jeep Grand Cherokee that killed their son. John Russell reports.