LANSING, MI — The long undecided future of General Motors’ Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant now appears to be settled. The facility will be retooled with the help of a $500 million government subsidy to build electric vehicles.
This announcement comes seven months after the company laid off hundreds from the plant near downtown Lansing when production of the Chevy Camaro ended. The plants still makes the Cadillac CT4 and CT5.
On Thursday morning, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced a $500 million grant to help General Motors with the conversion project. The plant is preparing for “electrification,” according to GM.
The government is providi9ng funding of $1.7 billion to help carmakers convert to EV production. GM Grand River Assembly will share the government subsidy with other GM plants, including Factory ZERO Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center and Orion Assembly in Michigan, Spring Hill Manufacturing in Tennessee, Fairfax Assembly in Kansas, and Toledo Propulsion Systems in Ohio.
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