Detroit Automakers Have Slashed Nearly 20% of Workforce Recently

Stellantis, General Motors, and Ford have cut over 20,000 jobs combined — or about 19% of their workforces — with many of the layoffs being laid at the feet of tech improvements, particularly AI. “Artificial intelligence is going to replace literally half of all white-collar workers in the U.S.,” Ford CEO Jim Farley said in July 2025 (more).