ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich.,
March 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- General Motors is investing $300
million in its Orion
Township, Michigan,
assembly plant to produce a new Chevrolet electric vehicle that
will bring 400 new jobs to the Orion plant. Today's announcement is part of
GM's new commitment to invest a total of $1.8 billion in its United States manufacturing operations,
creating 700 new jobs and supporting 28,000 jobs across six
states.
The new Chevrolet electric vehicle is in addition to the
existing Chevrolet Bolt EV, further advancing GM's commitment to an
all-electric future. It will be designed and engineered off an
advanced version of the current award-winning Bolt EV architecture.
Additional product information and timing for the new Chevrolet EV
will be released closer to production.
The 400 additional jobs are incremental to numbers associated
with GM's transformation announcement last fall. The new Chevrolet
EV is in addition to the company's earlier announcement that
Cadillac will be the first brand to get vehicles off a future EV
platform.
"We are excited to bring these jobs and this investment to the
U.S.," said GM Chairman and CEO Mary
Barra during an announcement at the plant with employees,
elected officials and community leaders. "This new Chevrolet
electric vehicle is another positive step toward our commitment to
an all-electric future. GM will continue to invest in our U.S.
operations where we see opportunities for growth."
The new electric vehicle had been slated for production outside
of the U.S. The decision to bring it to Orion was based on many factors,
including:
- The Orion plant currently
builds the Bolt EV, and the new Chevrolet EV will be based off an
advanced version of the same vehicle architecture.
- Moving production to a U.S. manufacturing plant supports the
rules of origin provisions in the proposed United States, Mexico and Canada Agreement.
In addition to the job growth at the Orion plant, GM has job opportunities at
several other U.S. manufacturing plants for virtually all U.S.
hourly employees impacted by the recent announcement of unallocated
plants. Other GM manufacturing plants adding jobs include
Flint, Michigan; Spring Hill, Tennessee; Bowling Green, Kentucky; Arlington, Texas; and Toledo, Ohio.
For the 2,800 impacted U.S. hourly employees at GM's unallocated
plants, GM has confirmed it has 2,700 openings across its U.S.
manufacturing plants. To date, 1,100 employees have been placed at
other GM plants, with several hundred more in the process of being
placed in new jobs. In addition, 1,200 of these employees are
retirement eligible.
In Michigan, in addition to the
jobs and investment coming to the Orion plant, GM is in the process of adding
1,000 jobs at the Flint Truck Assembly Plant, recently announced
new investments at the Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant and
Romulus Propulsion Plant and this week revealed the all-new
Cadillac CT5 to be produced at the Lansing Grand River Assembly
Plant.
Orion Assembly currently builds the Chevrolet Bolt EV, Chevrolet
Sonic and the Cruise AV test vehicles. The plant currently employs
about 880 hourly and 130 salaried employees. Including the new
investment, GM has invested nearly $1
billion at Orion Assembly since 2009.
GM to Invest $1.8 billion in
U.S. Operations
With the $300 million investment
at Orion for the future Chevrolet
EV, GM also announced a total investment of $1.8 billion across its U.S. manufacturing
operations, adding 700 new jobs and supporting 28,000 jobs across
six states. This investment commitment includes the recently
announced investments at its facilities in Spring Hill, Tennessee; Lansing Delta Township, Michigan; and Romulus, Michigan. Additional facilities
receiving investments will be announced later. GM has
invested more than $22 billion in its
U.S. manufacturing operations since 2009.
General Motors (NYSE: GM) is committed to delivering
safer, better and more sustainable ways for people to get around.
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