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GM Idling Hummer EV Plant To Prepare For Production Expansion

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GM Idling Hummer EV Plant To Prepare For Production Expansion
The four-week pause will be used to retool Factory Zero for new products, including Chevrolet Silverado EV and GMC Sierra Denali EV.
InsideEVs
June 22, 2022
Dan Mihalascu

General Motors' flagship electric truck plant in Detroit will idle for four weeks starting June 27 to prepare for a production expansion.

The downtime of the Factory Zero electric truck plant, which currently builds the GMC Hummer EV pickup, was confirmed to Automotive News by GM spokesman Dan Flores. He said that GM scheduled downtime at the plant to add production capacity sooner than planned, as the automaker plans to install tooling, machinery and equipment while workers are laid off from June 27 through July 22.

General Motors plans to build the Silverado EV and GMC Sierra Denali electric pickups at Factory Zero, as well as the Cruise Origin ride-hail and delivery van.

Starting this fall, Factory Zero, previously known as Detroit-Hamtramck, will also assemble Ultium battery cells into modules and packs for a variety of future electric vehicles from GM and its partners.
 
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Yep, the dates were always conservative ones.
 
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you realize that the HUMMER EV is the first vehicle of a completely new way of building automobiles for GM corp. They needed to make sure all that Ultium stuff works well together and then roll the stuff out.
I suspect a lot of those Zero factory people are going to find their way into other GM plants to train folks on building this stuff.
Just my guesswork.
 
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That re-tool of a brand new plant sort of indicates a “we need a bigger boat” moment at GM, more than the “proof of concept“ idea floated by others. So I wonder if GM’s initial idea was more of limited volume high dollar EVs that maintained more exclusivity in both perception and volume sold?
Was GM also originally thinking of EV Silverado as a range topper that sold few with expansion later down the track?

Much as Ford was caught by surprise by Lightning orders, it looks like GM now has the confidence to expand production years in front of what the original idea was going to be and in doing so, back up Barra’s commitment to EV future.
 
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