The Detroit Free Press
September 20, 2024
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2025 Chevrolet Malibu. Image Credit: General Motors Corporation
General Motors said Thursday it will layoff hundreds of employees at Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas City, Kansas, as it ends production of the Chevrolet Malibu sedan.
The automaker said 680 employees at the plant will start their layoff on Nov. 18. The automaker told employees of its plan to do phased layoffs earlier this year.
"As previously announced in May, GM is investing approximately $390 million in our Fairfax Assembly Plant to add production of the new Chevrolet Bolt EV," GM spokesman Kevin Kelly said in a statement to the Detroit Free Press. "To facilitate the installation of new tooling, employees will be placed on a temporary layoff until production resumes in mid-2025."
The Malibu was first launched in 1964 and discontinued in 1983, but revived in 1997. GM sold millions of the family sedan over those decades, even selling some generations as police vehicles. But in May, GM said it would end production of the car to make way to build the new generation Bolt at Fairfax.
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September 20, 2024
2025 Chevrolet Malibu. Image Credit: General Motors Corporation
General Motors said Thursday it will layoff hundreds of employees at Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas City, Kansas, as it ends production of the Chevrolet Malibu sedan.
The automaker said 680 employees at the plant will start their layoff on Nov. 18. The automaker told employees of its plan to do phased layoffs earlier this year.
"As previously announced in May, GM is investing approximately $390 million in our Fairfax Assembly Plant to add production of the new Chevrolet Bolt EV," GM spokesman Kevin Kelly said in a statement to the Detroit Free Press. "To facilitate the installation of new tooling, employees will be placed on a temporary layoff until production resumes in mid-2025."
The Malibu was first launched in 1964 and discontinued in 1983, but revived in 1997. GM sold millions of the family sedan over those decades, even selling some generations as police vehicles. But in May, GM said it would end production of the car to make way to build the new generation Bolt at Fairfax.
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