Articles Tagged with ''General Motors''

DETROIT—GM will spend $35 million to produce the Cadillac ELR, an extended-range electric vehicle, at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant.

OSHAWA, ON—GM plans to add a third shift to its assembly plant here, where it will produce the Chevrolet Impala.

FORT WAYNE, IN—GM’s truck assembly plant here is taking the physical needs of aging workers into account when designing jobs on the assembly line.

SPRING HILL, TN—GM has begun producing the hot-selling Chevrolet Equinox at its assembly plant here, signifying the facility’s rebirth since it was idled in fall 2009.

KANSAS CITY, KS—GM plans to spend at least $120 million on a 400,000-square-foot expansion of its Fairfax assembly plant.

DETROIT—GM will halt production at its Detroit Hamtramck assembly plant, where it builds the Chevrolet Volt, for four weeks for retooling starting in mid-September.

DELTA TOWNSHIP, MI—GM has reached a tentative deal with the UAW local that represents hourly employees at the automaker’s Lansing Delta Township assembly plant.

ADELAIDE, Australia—Police have arrested seven autoworkers for allegedly stealing engines and transmissions worth some $2 million from Holden’s assembly plant here. Police say 140 V8 engines and 175 heavy duty transmissions are believed to have been stolen between January 2010 and this year.

OSHAWA, ON—GM will invest $850 million for R&D at its assembly plant here.

MEXICO CITY—GM is planning to invest $420 million in its Mexican assembly plants to build the Chevrolet Trax, new pick-up trucks and a new transmission.