Automaker Stellantis will move Jeep Compass production from Ontario to the U.S. despite earlier investment commitments in Canada.
Canadian officials are calling the move “a betrayal” and say legal action is on the table.
Follows lots of money (billions?) in EV subsidies and prior promises of long-term Canadian manufacturing jobs.
Oh and the Brampton plant is another one that was supposed to be retooled for EV production. This dovetails nicely with our discussion on the threats to our EV and battery plant subsidies / investments. This plant was supposed to use some of the prodiction from the new EV battery plant in Windsor. One of the Chinabad chucklefucks in another thread had the gall to say I was telling stories when I explained what’s going on with our auto industry.
But it comes down to that stupid Dodge Challenger/ Charger Americans loved to buy, then they electrified it, defying the exact demographic that buys muscle cars. Then, they reversed and put a V6 in it, but the damage was done. Stellantis seriously thought Boomer petrolheads would buy an electric car that makes fake noises through loudspeakers, and Trudeau and Ford threw billions at them. Windsor battery plant is making 20 inch black and white TVs while CATL is selling 100 inch HDR OLED.