LANSING, MI—General Motors will extend shifts and add more than 1,200 jobs at its assembly plant here.

DETROIT—General Motors and LG Chem will form a joint venture company to mass-produce batteries for electric vehicles. Together, the companies will invest up to $2.3 billion in the company, which will establish an assembly plant on a greenfield site in the Lordstown area of Northeast Ohio. The project is expected to create more than 1,100 new jobs.

LORDSTOWN, OH—Startup company Lordstown Motors Corp. has purchased GM’s shuttered assembly plant here to produce a new all-electric pickup truck.

DETROIT—General Motors CEO Mary Barra joined negotiators at the bargaining table, an indication that a deal may be near to end a monthlong strike by members of the United Auto Workers union that has paralyzed the company’s factories.

FLINT, MI—General Motors Co. plans to invest $150 million in its Flint Assembly Plant to increase production of Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra heavy-duty pickups.

ROANOKE, IN—General Motors Co. is investing $24 million to upgrade its Fort Wayne Assembly plant here to increase production of the all-new Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 pickups, especially crew cab models.

LORDSTOWN, OH—General Motors Co. is in discussions to sell its idled assembly plant here to Workhorse Group Inc., a manufacturer of electric vehicles.