Stellantis NV keeps slashing vehicle production in Italy, a key market for the automaker’s besieged executive team.

Automaker Stellantis' output in Italy is set to drop below 500,000 vehicles this year from 751,000 in 2023, the FIM-CISL union said on Wednesday, pointing to persistently soft market demand, especially for electric vehicles.

Italy's main metalworkers union says workers in the automotive sector will go on strike on Oct. 18 in protest of declining output from Stellantis, the biggest carmaker in the country

Italian unions have called a one-day strike on Oct. 18 for metal workers at Stellantis and its local suppliers to protest against the automaker's falling production in the country, the head of the UILM union said on Tuesday.

The local FIM-CISL union, which represents many Stellantis workers, asserts that the company may end 2024 having built just over 500,000 vehicles in Italy. This would represent a