The Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in Michigan was scheduled to close as part of that plan, but would now get an overhaul and start producing two new electric vehicles (EVs) starting late next year: a pickup truck and the Cruise Origin autonomous shuttle vehicle, the company announced. “Our electric vehicle plan is unmatched in the industry,” GM president Mark Reuss said at a news conference in Detroit. Michigan politicians and labor unions also pushed against the plant’s closure, with Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan calling GM chief executive Mary Barra to plead the facility’s case. “I did ask her: ‘Why can’t GM build new vehicles here?’” Barra said, adding that building the factory required more than 4,000 residents to move elsewhere. The labor union cheered the news that the plant would remain open.
