Harley Lover Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) More movement by GM on the EV front. The Orion plant will be announced as an EV plant with battery assembly added: Quote GM is expected to tap its Orion Assembly plant for production of new electric vehicles and battery assembly, while sites in the Lansing area would build proprietary Ultium batteries with LG Energy Solution. The Orion Township plant, which opened in 1983, has a workforce of 1,029 hourly and 152 salary employees. GM estimates 2,000 new jobs will be created by the end of 2028 through the expansion of the Orion Assembly complex, according to a tax abatement approved Tuesday by the Orion Township board of trustees. The greenfield battery plant will supply 2 other GM EV plants: Quote The expected plant in Lansing could supply batteries to GM's Factory Zero plant in Detroit, which builds electric trucks, and its CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, which will build BrightDrop delivery vans. This is another indicator of the blueprint the OEMs will follow for EV production, i.e. battery assembly on or nearby EV production. The new battery plant is expected to generate 2,000 jobs itself. https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/gm-plans-65b-ev-investment-two-michigan-plants?utm_source=breaking-news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20220121&utm_content=hero-headline Edited January 22, 2022 by Harley Lover 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rperez817 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Harley Lover said: More movement by GM on the EV front. The Orion plant will be announced as an EV plant with battery assembly added: The greenfield battery plant will supply 2 other GM EV plants: This is another indicator of the blueprint the OEMs will follow for EV production, i.e. battery assembly on or nearby EV production. The new battery plant is expected to generate 2,000 jobs itself. https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/gm-plans-65b-ev-investment-two-michigan-plants?utm_source=breaking-news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20220121&utm_content=hero-headline Thank you for this information Harley Lover sir. You are correct about these new GM facilities representing the blueprint for manufacturing amid the ongoing automotive industry revolution, which includes a high level of vertical integration and the use of new, greenfield facilities optimized for BEV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 I wonder if this means GM will start shipping via rail again from that plant. Hasn't happened since they built the G6 and the CN Orion subdivision is about to be abandoned otherwise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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