The automaker confirmed it is marketing the Yucca, Ariz. facility for sale and plans to depart by the end of the year.

Stellantis (STLA) to sell its 4,000 acre Arizona testing ground to cut costs, improve efficiencies. Read more here.

Stellantis has paused electric Fiat 500 production and announced factory stoppages due to weak EV demand. Workers protested temporary layoffs, warning of a looming crisis in the automotive industry, as vehicle production in Italy hits its lowest since 1956.

Workers took to the streets in Rome, Italy, for industrial action in opposition to Stellantis’ plans to cut more jobs and move production to other countries.

Workers in Italy’s troubled automotive sector are holding a national strike on Friday for the first time in 20 years, with a massive demonstration being held in the center of Rome.