DETROIT — Automaker Stellantis plans to shutter and sell its large vehicle proving grounds in Arizona at the end of this year, CNBC has learned.
The Arizona Proving Grounds covers 4,000 acres between Phoenix and Las Vegas in Yucca, Arizona.
As of July 2019, the operations employed 69 people, including workers represented by a local chapter of the UAW, according to the automaker.
Stellantis plans to use a proving grounds in Arizona owned by Toyota Motor beginning next year, according to two people familiar with the decision.
Stellantis’ other major U.S. proving grounds facility is a 4,000-acre campus located west of Detroit in Chelsea, Michigan.
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