Fiat Chrysler Announces Plans to Invest $1 Billion in the U.S.
- ‘It’s finally happening,’ president-elect tweets a day later
- Plant in Michigan will make Ram HD now built in Mexico
Can Automakers Afford Trump's U.S. Jobs Pressure?
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV’s $1 billion plan to build in the U.S. three new Jeeps and a Ram pickup now produced in Mexico won plaudits from President-elect Donald Trump as he pressures the auto industry to hire and manufacture above the border.
The automaker will add 2,000 jobs at factories in Michigan and Ohio, the Italian-American company said Sunday ahead of the Detroit auto show. It will retool the facilities by 2020 and add the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer sport utility vehicles and a pickup model to its lineup. After improvements to a plant in Warren, Michigan, the site will be able to assemble Ram HD trucks now produced in Saltillo, Mexico.