GM Delays EV Truck Production at Orion Assembly Plant Until 2025
The change in plans is not related to the ongoing UAW strike.
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The change in plans is not related to the ongoing UAW strike.
The company is pushing production to late 2025.
General Motors will delay electric pickup truck production at a factory near Detroit due to slowing U.S. demand for electric vehicles.
General Motors will delay electric pickup truck production at a factory near Detroit due to slowing U.S. demand for electric vehicles, to better manage its capital investments, and to make some engineering changes. The company said in a statement Tuesday that the factory in Orion Township, Michigan, will instead start making electric Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups in late 2025. GM spokesman Kevin Kelly said the change has nothing to do with the ongoing four-week partial strike by members of the United Auto Workers union.
A spokesperson for General Motors said the year-long delay has nothing to do with the four-week partial strike at the plant.