WARREN, Mich., Oct. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- General Motors
Co. (NYSE: GM) announced today that its Spring Hill, Tennessee assembly plant will
begin the transition to become the company's third vehicle
manufacturing site to produce electric vehicles, joining Factory
ZERO in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan, and Orion Assembly in
Orion Township, Michigan. In addition, the company is
confirming investments in five Michigan plants, including the Lansing Delta
Township Assembly and Flint Assembly for future crossover and
full-size pickup production.
The all-new Cadillac LYRIQ will be the first EV produced at
Spring Hill. Production of the
Cadillac XT6 and XT5 will continue at Spring Hill. The facility will build both
traditionally powered Cadillac products and EVs.
The six U.S. facility investments total more than $2 billion, bringing the total amount GM has
invested or committed to invest in its U.S. manufacturing sites to
more than $29 billion since 2009.
Today's planned investments include:
- $2 billion will be invested in
Spring Hill Manufacturing to build fully electric vehicles
including the luxury Cadillac LYRIQ. Through this investment,
Spring Hill's paint and body shops
will undergo major expansions and the general assembly will receive
comprehensive upgrades, including new machines, conveyors, controls
and tooling. The renovation work in Spring Hill will begin immediately.
- Production of the next-generation GMC Acadia will move to
Lansing Delta Township Assembly, representing an investment of more
than $100 million.
- $32 million will be invested at
Flint Assembly for future production of heavy-duty Chevrolet
Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups, which have gained significant
market share in the United States
and Canada.
- $17 million will be invested in
the Romulus, Michigan propulsion
plant to enhance automation and increase capacity of GM's 10-speed
truck transmission, which is used in full-size pickups and other
key products, including the all-new Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban,
GMC Yukon and Yukon XL, and the Cadillac Escalade.
- $3.5 million will be invested at
Orion Assembly. In addition, $750,000
will be invested at GM's site in Brownstown Charter Township,
Michigan. Both investments are
related to additional production of the Cruise AV test vehicle at
Orion Assembly.
Launch timing and additional product details will be released at
a later date.
"We are committed to investing in the U.S., our employees and
our communities," said GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra. "These investments underscore the
success of our vehicles today, and our vision of an all-electric
future."
In the last 19 months, GM has committed to invest more than
$4.5 billion at three U.S.
manufacturing sites to prepare those facilities for EV-related
vehicle production.
In January, GM announced it was investing $2.2 billion at its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly,
now known as Factory ZERO, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center.
Production of the first all-electric GMC HUMMER EV pickup, the
first of a variety of all-electric trucks and SUVs to be built at
GM's Factory ZERO plant, will begin in late 2021. This will be
followed soon after by the Cruise Origin, a purpose-built electric,
self-driving vehicle.
When Factory ZERO is fully operational, this investment will
create more than 2,200 good-paying U.S. manufacturing jobs. GM is
also investing an additional $800
million in supplier tooling and other projects related to
the launch of the new electric trucks.
In March 2019, GM announced it
would invest $300 million in Orion
Assembly to produce a new Chevrolet electric vehicle, bringing 400
new jobs to the facility. This new Chevrolet EV joins the existing
Chevrolet Bolt EV and will be designed and engineered based on an
advanced version of the current award-winning Bolt EV
architecture.
Separately, GM and LG Chem formed a joint venture – Ultium Cells
LLC – and together are investing more than $2.3 billion to build a new, state-of-the-art
battery cell manufacturing plant in Lordstown, Ohio that will create more than
1,100 new jobs. Construction of the facility is well underway.
The new battery cell manufacturing plant will play a critical role
in GM's commitment to an all-electric future.
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