Overview

• The Ferreyra plant launch adds about 400 jobs for the RAM Dakota program, with roughly half of new hires expected to be women and building on earlier Titano-related hiring.
• Stellantis plans around 1,400 Dakota units by year-end and about 17,500 in 2026, with primary export markets including Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay.
• Córdoba’s industrial promotion regime, including Ingresos Brutos exemptions valued near US$190 million, was reaffirmed, and the city plans a vote this week to halve an industrial municipal rate.
• Seventeen local suppliers are already engaged, with billings projected at US$125 million in 2026 and US$200 million in 2028, and the planned B2.2 engine program foresees further hiring from January 2027.
• An 8-hectare solar array with about 13,000 panels is slated to make the complex energy self-sufficient before year-end, while Stellantis urges relief on export taxes to bolster competitiveness.