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Stellantis has dropped out of every single event scheduled this fall and winter. After announcing they won't be at the SEMA and LA Auto Show, the car giant decided to stay out of the Consumer Electronics Show as well.
It is a tough time for carmakers, no matter how big, how solid, and how determined they seem to battle setbacks they come across, some of them end up giving up. Stellantis had signed up to participate in the LA Auto Show, SEMA, and CES scheduled in the last two months of 2023 and the first of 2024. Now, they have changed their minds and dropped out of every single one of the three events.
Stellantis says that the decision is part of the contingency plan implemented since the beginning of the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike, which started on September 15 and has not yet found a way out.
According to an official statement, the company is executing comprehensive countermeasures to mitigate financial impacts and preserve capital while turning into a mobility tech company through other means, but participating in the LA Auto Show, SEMA, and CES.
The latest of the announcements coming from Stellantis focuses on the company dropping out of CES. The costs of the ongoing UAW strikes force them to cancel the displays and presentations scheduled at the Consumer Electronics Show. The tech show is set to take place from January 9 through January 12 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
The automotive conglomerate had previously announced that they were not going to be present at the 2024 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) in Las Vegas either. The event kicks off on October 31 through November 3.
The Los Angeles Auto Show will open its gates on November 17. The event should have marked the return of the Fiat 500 to the US market, this time as an electric car dubbed the 500e.
The move to quit all the events scheduled in the fall and winter should help Stellantis cut costs and focus on reorganizing production during the strikes carried out by the workers protesting against the carmakers in Detroit. It remains to be seen if Ford and General Motors, also affected by the strikes, will follow in their footsteps.
Stellantis not being part of these three events means that guests won't be seeing products from all the 14 car brands that the group integrates: Dodge, Fiat, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Ram, Chrysler, and Jeep. Peugeot, Abarth, DS Automobiles, Lancia, Vauxhall, Opel, and Citroen are also in the group, but without an official presence on the American market.
With so much floor space left open, we are yet to see what the organizers come up with. Stellantis used to bring test tracks to the events, so they willl obviously have a lot of covering up to do.
Stellantis says that the decision is part of the contingency plan implemented since the beginning of the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike, which started on September 15 and has not yet found a way out.
According to an official statement, the company is executing comprehensive countermeasures to mitigate financial impacts and preserve capital while turning into a mobility tech company through other means, but participating in the LA Auto Show, SEMA, and CES.
The latest of the announcements coming from Stellantis focuses on the company dropping out of CES. The costs of the ongoing UAW strikes force them to cancel the displays and presentations scheduled at the Consumer Electronics Show. The tech show is set to take place from January 9 through January 12 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
The automotive conglomerate had previously announced that they were not going to be present at the 2024 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) in Las Vegas either. The event kicks off on October 31 through November 3.
The Los Angeles Auto Show will open its gates on November 17. The event should have marked the return of the Fiat 500 to the US market, this time as an electric car dubbed the 500e.
The move to quit all the events scheduled in the fall and winter should help Stellantis cut costs and focus on reorganizing production during the strikes carried out by the workers protesting against the carmakers in Detroit. It remains to be seen if Ford and General Motors, also affected by the strikes, will follow in their footsteps.
Stellantis not being part of these three events means that guests won't be seeing products from all the 14 car brands that the group integrates: Dodge, Fiat, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Ram, Chrysler, and Jeep. Peugeot, Abarth, DS Automobiles, Lancia, Vauxhall, Opel, and Citroen are also in the group, but without an official presence on the American market.
With so much floor space left open, we are yet to see what the organizers come up with. Stellantis used to bring test tracks to the events, so they willl obviously have a lot of covering up to do.
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