GM is investing more than $1 billion in its Ramos Arizpe complex in Mexico, adding a new paint shop and transforming the plant to produce electric vehicles.
Detroit Free Press
General Motors has picked a fifth plant to build its 2023 electric vehicles and it is in Mexico, which the United Auto Workers union calls a slap in the face.
GM has already declared it will make EVs at four locations in the United States and Canada.
But on Thursday, GM said it will invest more than $1 billion at its manufacturing complex in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico, for a new paint shop and innovative technology that will start operations in June 2021.
In a statement, GM said part of the initial investment is to prepare the site for an expansion of the assembly and Global Propulsion Systems plants, to make Ramos Arizpe Complex the fifth GM manufacturing facility to produce electric vehicles.
General Motors To Invest $1 Bln In Mexico To Produce Electric Vehicles
MEXICO CITY (dpa-AFX) - General Motors announced it will invest more than $1 billion in its most strategic plant in Mexico, the Ramos Arizpe Manufacturing Complex. The auto giant is planning to inaugurate a new state-of-the-art technology Painting Plant there, which will start operations in June 2021.
Apart from the new painting unit, the automaker will use part of the investment to prepare the Complex for an expansion in the Assembly Plants and Global Propulsion Systems (GPS) to convert the Ramos Arizpe Complex into the fifth manufacturing site of GM North America in producing electric vehicles.
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General Motors has picked a fifth plant to build its 2023 electric vehicles and it is in Mexico, which the United Auto Workers union calls a slap in the face.
GM has already declared it will make EVs at four locations in the United States and Canada.
But on Thursday, GM said it will invest more than $1 billion at its manufacturing complex in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico, for a new paint shop and innovative technology that will start operations in June 2021.
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GM Invests More Than $1 Billion In Ramos Arizpe Plant
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