April 17, 2026 | Stellantis' Brampton plant pitch rejected; RockEd CEO Matthias Stoever

About this episode

The episode discusses Stellantis' rejected plan for the Brampton plant and features an interview with RockEd CEO Matthias Stoever about training service advisers amid staffing challenges.

Stellantis’ plan to assemble Chinese Leapmotor electric vehicles at its idled Brampton plant gets rejected. Stellantis doubles down on artificial intelligence with a new Microsoft partnership. Plus, Matthias Stoever of RockEd discusses the critical need to train service advisers as dealerships face staffing challenges.

People in this episode

Guest: Matthias Stoever

Topics covered

• Stellantis
• Brampton plant
• Leapmotor
• electric vehicles
• artificial intelligence
• Microsoft partnership
• service advisers
• staffing challenges

Keywords

• automotive
• dealerships
• training

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Leapmotor, Microsoft

Places: Brampton

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