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Fiat Chrysler will convert its Mack Avenue Engine factory into an assembly plant. The plant will build the next-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee and a new, large Jeep SUV. Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press
President Donald Trump took to Twitter overnight to praise Fiat Chrysler for its $4.5-billion manufacturing expansion in southeast Michigan .
"Thank you Fiat Chrysler. They are all coming back to the USA, it’s where the action is!" Trump tweeted at 4:20 a.m.
Fiat Chrysler will be adding more than 6,500 JOBS in Michigan (Detroit area), doubling its hourly workforce as part of a 4.5 Billion Dollar investment. Thank you Fiat Chrysler. They are all coming back to the USA, it’s where the action is!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 27, 2019
Fiat Chrysler announced on Tuesday that Detroit will get a Jeep factory, the Motor City’s first new auto assembly plant in a generation, as part of a $4.5 billion manufacturing expansion that will mean nearly 6,500 new jobs.
FCA said it would convert the Mack Avenue Engine factory to an assembly plant for the next-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee and a new, large Jeep SUV. In all, the company said it will add production at five factories in metro Detroit.
The plan is, without question, a huge win for U.S. and Michigan manufacturing, and for the blue-collar workers Trump has courted. Nothing is "coming back" to the United States, though.
In January 2018, FCA said it would shift Ram Heavy Duty truck production from Mexico to its Warren Truck Assembly Plant. Reports emerged last fall that the move may not occur, and CEO Mike Manley indicated at the Detroit auto show this year that FCA was working on a plan that might be even better for U.S. workers. That's what was unveiled Tuesday.
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