Tavares said further shortages of raw materials, including nickel for EV batteries were to be expected.
“Stellantis has not been hurt so much so far as our supply base is not concentrated in Eastern Europe,” he said.
The Kaluga factory, with an annual capacity of 125,000 vehicles, had been seen as a global export hub for Stellantis. The factory began building vans in 2017 for the former PSA Group, which merged with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to form Stellantis.
It builds the Outlander and Pajero models for Mitsubishi.
Kaluga, about 112 miles southwest of Moscow, has become a center of the Russian auto industry. Volkswagen Group opened an assembly plant there in 2007, as did Volvo trucks. Prominent suppliers in the area include Continental, Magna International and Visteon.
