The nightmare before Christmas: Jeep lays off 1,350 workers at Illinois Cherokee SUV plant – blames high cost of switching to electric car production and moves factory to MEXICO

Hundreds of workers are expected to be laid off when automaker Stellantis closes an assembly plant in northern Illinois early next year, citing the challenge of rising costs of electric vehicle production.

The company, which employs about 1,350 workers at the plant in Belvidere, Illinois, said the action will result in indefinite layoffs and it may not resume operations as it considers other options. 

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