UAW Local 5960 member Kimberly Fuhr inspects a Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle being produced at the General Motors Orion Assembly Plant in Orion Township, Michigan, on May 6, 2021.
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Detroit – General Motors The automaker said on Tuesday it would delay production of all-electric trucks at a Michigan plant for at least a year to “better manage capital investments” and implement improvements to make the new electric vehicles more profitable.
GM now plans to start building its next-generation electric vehicles at Orion Assembly in suburban Detroit by the end of 2025 instead of next year. The plant currently produces the Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV, and GM will cease production at the end of this year.
A GM spokesman said the change in plans had nothing to do with the company’s ongoing contract negotiations with the United Auto Workers union. However, the contentious talks do involve electric vehicles, and the potential contracts are expected to be more expensive than last year.
In January 2022, General Motors announced that it would invest $4 billion to transform Orion Assembly to produce electric trucks. GM said construction includes significant facility and capacity expansion at the site, including new body and paint shops and new assembly and battery pack assembly areas.
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