Articles Tagged with ''General Motors''

BOWLING GREEN, KY—GM’s Corvette assembly plant here is one of 54 facilities to meet a voluntary energy-reduction challenge set by the Environmental Protection Agency, cutting its energy intensity by 26 percent in less than one year.

CHANGWON, South Korea—GM will add a three-megawatt solar installation on the roof of its assembly plant here. The array will cut carbon emissions at the plant by 2,400 metric tons a year.

BOWLING GREEN, KY—GM will hire 170 workers for temporary jobs at its Corvette assembly plant here. The jobs will last anywhere from four to 18 months.

DETROIT—GM is planning to manufacture approximately 500,000 hybrid or electric vehicles per year by 2017.

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.