The company will invest $7 billion in Michigan.
GM will need a lot of batteries to fill all these EVs, so it is expanding its manufacturing footprint along with its partner, South Korea’s LG Chem. GM and LG have already announced plans to build two battery factories in the US — one in Ohio and the other in Tennessee.
The factory conversion in Orion and the third battery facility in Lansing will enable GM to increase its “total full-size electric truck production capacity to 600,000 trucks when both Factory ZERO and Orion facilities are fully ramped,” the company said. In addition, the company is investing in its two Lansing-area vehicle assembly plants for near-term product enhancements.Subscribe to get the best Verge-approved tech deals of the week.
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