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GM renames Detroit-Hamtramck to Factory ZERO; $2.2B investment to reconfigure it to all EV assembly

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General Motors announced its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center will be known as Factory ZERO, reconfigured to an all-electric vehicle assembly plant. Production of the GMC HUMMER EV pickup will begin in late 2021. Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly built more than 4 million vehicles since its opening in 1985. Earlier post.)

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UAW renegotiates contracts with Detroit 3: EV production in focus

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The United Auto Workers (UAW) union started negotiations with the Big Three in Detroit: Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis. The talks include electric vehicle (EV) production as automakers focus on cost reductions for the shift. Last month, Fain criticized the United States Department of Energy for offering a $9.2

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GM to invest $2.2B at Detroit-Hamtramck to produce all-electric trucks and SUVs; GM’s first fully-dedicated EV plant

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General Motors will invest $2.2 billion at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to produce a variety of all-electric trucks and SUVs. GM’s first all-electric truck will be a pickup with production scheduled to begin in late 2021. Detroit-Hamtramck will be GM’s first fully-dedicated electric vehicle assembly plant.

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Volkswagen’s Scout brand to invest $11M in Detroit

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Volkswagen’s Scout Motors Inc. plans to invest $11 million in Detroit. Scout aims to build a new Research and Development (R&D) Center in suburban Detroit, which is expected to create 200 jobs in the area. Jobs at Scout’s Detroit center are expected to pay an average salary of $3,714 per week plus benefits.

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GM’s Factory Zero leaving ‘production hell’ 

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General Motors’ (GM) battery plant in Michigan, named Factory Zero, is leaving production hell. General Motors has been experiencing its own version of production hell with Factory Zero. The term ‘production hell’ was first coined when Tesla struggled to ramp up Model 3 production a few years ago.

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Bollinger electric off-road trucks head toward production with Detroit reveal

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Bollinger Motors has officially revealed what it calls “its next step toward production,” with "beta-prototype" versions of its B1 electric SUV and B2 electric pickup, in a Thursday evening event near its new Detroit-area headquarters, in Ferndale, Michigan.

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Daimler Truck’s all-electric Freightliner eCascadia enters series production in North America

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million kilometers) of testing in daily customer operations, Daimler Truck and its US Freightliner brand recently unveiled the all-electric eCascadia that will enter series production in 2022. The eCascadia is driven by an eAxle integrated with an electric motor, transmission and specialized electronics within a compact unit.