General Motors' Factory ZERO Deploys 5G Technology
DETROIT–General Motors has announced that its all-electric vehicle assembly plant, Factory ZERO, is the first automotive plant in the United States to install dedicated 5G fixed-mobile network technology. Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband service is now operating at the facility as it prepares to begin producing EVs in 2021.
The company said that Factory ZERO is completely retooled with an investment of $2.2 billion, the largest ever for a GM manufacturing facility. Once fully operational, the plant will create more than 2,200 US manufacturing jobs.