GM's Zero Emissions Vision: Manufacturing Investments
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GM’s Zero Emissions Vision: Manufacturing Investments GM has announced multi-billion-dollar investments in its all-electric future that are creating thousands of new, good-paying U.S. jobs. Detroit-Hamtramck will be GM’s first assembly plant 100-percent devoted to electric vehicle production. • In January 2020, GM announced a $2.2 billion investment at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to produce a variety of all-electric trucks and SUVs, including the GMC HUMMER EV pickup and the Cruise Origin shared, electric, self-driving vehicle. • When the plant is fully operational, this investment will create more than 2,200 good-paying U.S. manufacturing jobs. • GM will also invest an additional $800 million in supplier tooling and other projects related to the launch of the new electric trucks. GM and LG Chem have teamed up to mass produce battery cells for future battery-electric vehicles. • In December 2019, GM and LG Chem announced plans to build a $2.3 billion plant in Lordstown, Ohio to mass produce battery cells for electric vehicles. • The joint venture is expected to create more than 1,100 new, good-paying jobs. • The plant, which will be about the size of 30 football fields, will have an annual capacity of more than 30 gigawatt hours and room for expansion. • Site assessments and the permitting process are underway, and groundbreaking is expected to occur in the spring of 2020. GM is investing $300 million in its Orion Township, Michigan, assembly plant to produce the Chevrolet Bolt EUV, adding 400 jobs. • The Bolt EUV is designed and engineered off an advanced version of the award-winning Bolt EV architecture, and they will be built side by side. • The Chevrolet Bolt EUV will be the first vehicle outside of the Cadillac brand to feature GM’s Super Cruise, the industry's first true hands-free driving technology for the highway. Super Cruise will expand to 22 vehicles by 2023, including 10 by next year. In 2018, GM announced a $28 million expansion of its battery testing lab in Warren, Michigan. • It is the largest, most advanced battery test lab in America for over a decade. • The lab expansion, which will bring the facility to more than 100,000 sq. ft., includes new heavy and mild battery abuse test areas. • Additional major enhancements include new test chambers and advanced equipment to accelerate GM’s next-generation battery architecture..