autoevolution 30 Apr 2021, 18:57 UTC ·
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Following the Great Auto Bailout, the U.S. Treasury sold GM stock with a $10.5-billion loss for taxpayers. This didn’t rub off well at all with the hard-working men and women of the United States, and neither does the $1 billion investment into the Ramos Arizpe assembly plant in Mexico. 7 photos
The facility will be transformed into a state-of-the-art EV complex in 2023, joining the likes of Factory ZERO, Spring Hill, Orion, and CAMI. Ramos Arizpe will also make batteries and electrical components from the second half of 2021, including drive units for yet-to-be-detailed electric vehicles.
“At a time when General Motors is asking for a significant investment by the U.S. government in subsidizing electric vehicles, this is a slap in the face for not only UAW members and their families but also for U.S. taxpayers and the American workforce,” declared UAW vice president Terry Dittes.
GM Announces $1 Billion Investment in Mexico to Build Electric Vehicles
30 Apr 2021
Less than one day after President Biden proclaimed American workers would build the electric vehicles necessary to bring us into the zero admissions future, General Motors said it plans to invest more than $1 billion in Mexico to produce electric vehicles.
The automaker said Thursday it would make a $1 billion investment in its Ramos Arizpe production facility. The plant will begin producing at least one electric vehicle beginning in 2023, the company said.
The company did not disclose which vehicles would be produced at the plant or where they would be sold. But the plant currently produces parts and vehicles, including the Chevrolet Equinox and Chevrolet Blazer, that are sold in the U.S. and globally.
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The Transportation Trades Department for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is spending its Tuesday telling the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce subcommittee that autonomous vehicles. Though it’s not because they occasionally run amok when left to their own devices. This is a matter of jobs.
Labor leaders have become increasingly concerned by the massive layoffs that will likely accompany the proliferation of electric vehicles, which require fewer components to assemble. But AVs have played second fiddle until fairly recently, with truckers doing most of the heavy lifting themselves. Now, the ALF-CIO is getting in on the action and hoping to convince legislators to establish formal requirements for there to be a driver behind in the wheel of all commercial vehicles over 10,000 pounds. (Read More…)
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The United Auto Workers union has come out in opposition of General Motors’ recent $1 billion investment at its Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico, calling the decision to make such a major investment in a foreign country a “slap in the face” for U.S. taxpayers and the American workforce.
The American automaker announced the Ramos Arizpe investment this week, which will transform the facility into a state-of-the-art electric vehicle production facility. Ramos Arizpe will be GM’s fifth EV manufacturing plant, joining Spring Hill Assembly in Tennessee, Factory Zero in Metro Detroit, Lake Orion Assembly in Michigan and CAMI Assembly in Ontario.