The news, announced in a letter to employees from North America Chief Operating Officer Antonio Filosa on Wednesday, also provided some good news to workers in Detroit, where the next generation Dodge Durango will be built and those in Toledo, Ohio, and Kokomo, Indiana, where investments are planned.

UAW workers in the stateline are shouting a rally cry as automaker Stellantis announces it will reopen its shuttered Belvidere, Illinois auto assembly plant. UAW officials say in a statement

Stellantis announced plans Wednesday to reopen the Belvidere Assembly Plant in 2027 with plans to build a new vehicle. The plant has sat idle since 2023, and discussions between the United Auto Workers (UAW) union and the automaker have gone on for almost as long.