In December, the company said it planned to eliminate production shifts at two assembly plants, potentially laying off 3,500 workers, because it needed to build fewer SUVs to meet stricter emissions standards. The company's plant in Toledo, Ohio, which builds the Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator, and one of two Jeep Grand Cherokee plants in Detroit were slated to move from three shifts of workers to two, Stellantis said.