GM Announces Second Ultium Battery Cell Plant
A new manufacturing plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, will soon start cranking out Ultium battery cells for GM electric vehicles. Considering a Lease? Learn about why this is such a beneficial vehicle financing option Covering a planned 2.8 million square feet, boasting 1,300 new jobs, and expected to open in 2023, this plant will be […]
General Motors Brings EV Production to Detroit-Hamtramck
General Motors is all about keeping up with the future of cars, and in its mind, that means electric vehicles. This month, the automaker announced a $2.2 billion investment in its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly facility to grow its EV manufacturing infrastructure in the United States. Make Any GM Vehicle Your Own: Check out these OEM accessories […]
The Final Chevrolet Volt Officially Rolls off the Assembly Line
It's the end of an era, as the final Volt vehicle has officially left the Detroit-Hamtramck Plant
General Motors just announced that it plans to extend operations at its Detroit-Hamtramck location by seven months. This decision has at least temporarily spared models like the Chevrolet Impala and the Cadillac CT6. One vehicle wasn’t as lucky though, as GM has confirmed the final Chevrolet Volt model has just rolled off the assembly line. […]
GM Extends Manufacturing at Its Detroit-Hamtramck Plant by Seven Months
The Detroit-based plant, which was set to be indefinitely idled in June, will now continue operating until January of 2020
Late last year, General Motors announced that it would be indefinitely idling five of its North American plants in 2019. Among those affected plants was the Detroit-Hamtramck location. Now, the Detroit-Hamtramck Plant’s future has been slightly extended. GM plans to keep the location open for seven months longer than originally planned. Chevrolet Model Upgrades: 2019 […]
FCA Set to Open a New Assembly Plant in Detroit
As other automakers exit the Motor City, FCA will reportedly be building the new three-row Grand Cherokee variant at a new facility located there
General Motors announced last month that it would be idling five of its factories, including its Detroit-Hamtramck location. Yet, as GM moves to cut jobs in the Motor City, another automaker is planning to ramp up production there. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles just announced its intention to open a new assembly plant in the Detroit metro […]
GM to Close Plants and Kill Multiple Sedans
In a major restructuring move, General Motors announced today that it will close five plants, discontinue several sedan models, and cut its North American salaried workforce by 15 percent. GM said these moves will help it save $6 billion over the next two years amid multiple uncertainties in the industry. Rising demand for trucks and […]
GM Plants Save $73 Million Through LED Lighting and Other Energy-Saving Measures
Today General Motors announced that it has so far saved $73 million in energy costs this year, in part due to the installation of 186,000 LED bulbs and fixtures. The company says that the savings are just one step in its global efforts to have its worldwide operations running on 100 percent renewable energy by 2050. […]
GM Adding 1,200 New Jobs to Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly
General Motors has announced that it will be adding a second shift and more than 1,200 hourly and salaried jobs to its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant. This move ostensibly will ostensibly double the plant’s workforce when it takes effect in early 2016. “This is the result of the award-winning vehicles Detroit-Hamtramck produces and the confidence GM […]
More than 1,200 New Jobs Coming to Michigan GM Plant
The General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant in Michigan is responsible for some of the automaker’s most popular vehicles. To keep up with demand, GM announced last week that the plant will add more than 1,200 hourly and salaried jobs, as well as a completely new second shift. “The workforce at Detroit-Hamtramck is second to none,” […]
Mother-Daughter Detroit-Hamtramck Team Busts Out EVs
Monique Watson of Detroit will probably have a hard time coming up with a gift for Mother’s Day that will top what she already gives her mother every day by working side-by-side with her at General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant. Monique and her mother, Evetta Osborne, are the two women responsible for installing the lithium-ion […]
The Last Chevrolet Impala Finds its Home
In February of 2020, Chevy produced its final Impala. The beloved sedan has been shelved indefinitely by the company as it focuses on creating SUVs, crossovers, and trucks. The last Chevrolet Impala produced was a Cajun Red, and emerged from General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant in Michigan. The fate of this final Impala was unknown […]
GMC Hummer EV Debut Officially Delayed
As 2020 continues, the list of auto industry delays and cancelations continues to grow. Concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed a number of reveals and production timelines back, and it looks like this trend isn’t slowing down any time soon. The latest of these delays is GMC’s Hummer EV debut, which will now […]
New GMC Electric Hummer Pickup Achieves 1,000 Horsepower
General Motors recently announced its all-new electric Hummer pickup as one of its many upcoming electric models. Much about the vehicle has been kept secret, but GMC has announced that its first all-electric truck will have impressive performance. Another Old Favorite With a New Design: The mid-engine Corvette Capability of the Hummer The electric Hummer […]
Cadillac CT6 Sedan Will End Its Run in January
The end is officially in sight for the Cadillac CT6 sedan. The model’s future has been uncertain ever since a premature announcement of its demise over a year ago. Now, though, Cadillac Society is reporting that Cadillac will halt production of the CT6 in January. Because of this, the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant where the CT6 […]
Cadillac Touts Mixed-Manufacturing for New CT6
In order to build its range-topping CT6 sedan, Cadillac will employ a number of advanced mixed-material manufacturing techniques to ensure that its new flagship is lighter, more agile, and more capable than its size would suggest. Cadillac is building the new CT6 at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant with the help of a new body shop. […]
GM Promises New Top-End Cadillac for Next Year
Spoiler Alert: It’s the LTS
General Motors today confirmed that we will be getting an all-new top-end Cadillac, laden with the latest technologies. Though Cadillac calls it “as-yet unnamed,” it is most definitely the LTS we’ve been telling you about for the past few months. (To be clear, however, we recently learned that the LTS might not actually be called […]
Chevy and MBAs Across America Work to Help Small Businesses
The Chevy Volt will be recharging American small businesses this summer as part of a partnership between Chevy and MBAs Across America, a nonprofit organization meant to help local entrepreneurs improve their businesses with the help of MBA students from elite schools. MBAs Across America was started just last year when four Harvard MBA students […]