Orion Assembly, Lake Orion
• January 2022 – $4 billion to transition to electric truck production, creating more than 2,350 jobs and retaining 1,000 current jobs.
• March 2019 – $300 million to build the Chevrolet Bolt EUV.
• Vehicles: Chevrolet Silverado EV, electric GMC Sierra, Chevrolet Bolt EV, Chevrolet Bolt EUV and Cruise AVs.
Factory ZERO, Detroit and Hamtramck
• January 2020 – $2.2 billion to retool Factory ZERO, formerly the Detroit Hamtramck Assembly Center, into an EV assembly plant, creating more than 2,200 jobs.
• Vehicles: GMC HUMMER EV Pickup, GMC HUMMER EV SUV, Chevrolet Silverado EV, Cruise Origin, and GMC Sierra EV.
Pontiac Stamping, Pontiac
• May 2021 – $40 million for renovations and installation of highly flexible fabrication machinery and presses to support future EV production and various product applications.
Ultium Cells Battery Cell Plant, Lansing
• January 2022 – $2.6 billion investment by Ultium Cells to build a battery cell manufacturing plant, creating 1,700 new Ultium Cells jobs.
• Lansing Ultium Cells will supply battery cells to Orion Assembly and other GM assembly plants.
Brownstown Battery, Brownstown Charter Township
• Opened in summer 2009 after a $43 million investment to manufacture lithium-ion battery packs.
• March 2018 – $115 million investment to upgrade Brownstown and Orion Assembly to support Cruise AV production.
Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center, Warren
• October 2021 – New facility on GM’s Global Technical Center campus to accelerate new technologies, such as lithium-metal, silicon and solid-state batteries along with production methods that can quickly be deployed at battery cell manufacturing plants.
Estes Battery Systems Lab, Warren
• Responsible for evaluating battery packs, modules and cells prior to production.
• Expansion in 2013, making the Estes Lab is the largest battery systems lab in North America, enabling GM to perform major battery durability tests in-house.
Source: GM