• Fiat Chrysler to list robot-making business after Peugeot merger

    Fiat Chrysler to list robot-making business after Peugeot merger

    Fiat Chrysler said it planned to list its robot-making business, giving new details on Monday about the future of Turin-based Comau, which it already planned to spin off. Comau will be spun off shortly after FCA completes its merger with Peugeot maker PSA and its shares distributed to shareholders of the new group. The deal …
  • Reopened US car factories see coronavirus cases as production rolls on

    Reopened US car factories see coronavirus cases as production rolls on

    In the week since US auto factories reopened after coronavirus lockdowns, workers at all three Detroit automakers have tested positive for COVID-19 but only Ford has temporarily closed plants. The US auto industry reopened many plants last week after a two-month shutdown due to the global pandemic. To ensure safety during the outbreak, companies imposed …
  • Detroit automakers want to reopen plants in 2 weeks

    Detroit automakers want to reopen plants in 2 weeks

    Major US automakers are planning to reopen North American factories within two weeks, potentially putting thousands of workers back on the assembly line as part of a gradual return to normality. Fiat Chrysler CEO Mike Manley said on an earnings conference call Tuesday his company plans to start reopening factories May 18, though that depends …
  • US auto factories likely to stay closed another two weeks

    US auto factories likely to stay closed another two weeks

    DETROIT — Fiat Chrysler is backing off a planned May 4 restart at its North American factories because some U.S. states still will have stay-home orders in place. The move likely means that factories of all three Detroit automakers will be idled for at least another two weeks as they negotiate reopening terms with the United …
  • Fiat Chrysler restarts Italy factory with new coronavirus safety precautions

    Fiat Chrysler restarts Italy factory with new coronavirus safety precautions

    Fiat Chrysler resumed van production on Monday at its Atessa plant in central Italy, a week before the country plans to start lifting a national lockdown put in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Italy has said it would allow factories and building sites to reopen from May 4 as it prepares a …
  • Ferrari and Fiat want to help Italy make ventilators

    Ferrari and Fiat want to help Italy make ventilators

    Ferrari and Fiat Chrysler are in talks with Italy’s biggest ventilator manufacturer to help to boost production of the life-saving machines that are urgently needed in the coronavirus crisis, company officials said on Thursday. Italy is at the epicenter of the pandemic and its government has embarked on a big expansion of the number of …