21 Weeks Of Retooling For GM Truck Plants Will Commence In 2012
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General Motors spokesperson Chris Lee has made it public knowledge that the company will be staggering the heavy retooling process at its three full sized pickup truck and SUV plants in the United States over the course of 21 weeks during 2012.
What this means essentially is that the company will be periodically shutting a plant off for about a week or so to retool, and then firing it back up again after the updates are completed. The three plants involved are Fort Wayne, Indiana, Flint, Michigan, and Arlington, Texas. Expect The General’s next generation of full-sized pickups to land sometime in 2013, with the next line of SUVs to follow soon after.
Source: Pickuptrucks.com
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I dont get it, so they retool for a week and then build for a week and so on, how is that possible, can the retooled plant still be able to build the previous generation vehicle?
When will we be able to see what we are all salivating for, the real pictures of the truck.. Every 4 to 5 yrs we spend 35,000 to 40,000 dollars for trucks at least we could see what it looks like.
Will we see natural gas as a fuel for these new Yukon/Surburbans ET AL new SUV’s and pick ups in 2013?
UPS is switching to natural gas for all their delivery vehicles. Can FEd EX then be far behind?
Locally, our city has all new natural gas powered trash pick up trucks, and they have partnered with UPS to open a natural gas fueling station on City Land, open 24/7 open to anyone. Truck stops are also ideal locations for natural gas fueling stations, as they have the space to put them in, and more and more trucks will be going with natural gas. Reefers have used natural gas for years to run the refrigeration units in the trailers.
Forget about these electric vehicles for trucks and 5000 Lb vehicles and push the natrual gas option. Prices will eventually come down, like with all new technology, as they get smarter and better with the technology, and volumes increase.
Tax and other incentives for business and consumers could also accelerate natural gas vehicles. Governments are already offering to pick up the increased cost differences for natural gas for vehicles like garbage trucks. This appears to be the future for all larger trucks, and hopefully the larger SUV’s and pick up trucks for the rst of us.
Please help push this technology and keep us advised. Hopefully in 2013 we can get a natural gas powered Yukon.