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The supplier, previously owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, carried at least $9.5 billion in total debt as of September, sources told Bloomberg. Marelli is the world's 18th largest auto supplier.

Toyota Motor North America's announced plans to build a battery plant may require the Japanese automaker to build another assembly plant in the U.S.

Experts warn that failure to obtain adequate supplies of lithium, nickel, manganese or cobalt could slow the shift to electric vehicles.

Stellantis shareholder Phitrust estimated the value of the total compensation package awarded last year to Tavares at 66 million euros ($71 million) ahead of the automaker's group’s first annual general meeting.

The former Fiat Chrysler CEO is now dead — his plans of automotive conquest equally so — but the logic that motivated his thinking seven years ago keeps repeating itself over and over.

Marelli's worries could mean supply problems for Nissan and Stellantis, and also reveal the bumpy road that sometimes awaits private equity firms in automotive.

The U.S. light-vehicle market, hampered by lean stockpiles, is on track to decline by double-digits in June, capping a weaker second quarter and first half. June marked the 12th consecutive month of year over year declines for an auto industry scrambling to secure microchips to rebuild inventories amid strong pent-up demand and a backlog of orders.