General Motors senior vice president of global product development, purchasing and supply chain, Mark Reuss, had some kind words at the Lansing Regional Chamber Economic Club luncheon this past Tuesday.
Reuss praised the Lansing area assembly plants, responsible for a number of hot-selling GM product like the Enclave, Traverse, Camaro and currently the Acadia, and stated the plants were laying the groundwork for GM’s future.
“GM and Lansing have a long history,” said Reuss. “Our relationship is strong and is getting even stronger.”
He went on to say profits from the vehicles built in Lansing will be put towards further investment in autonomous vehicle technology and other future engineering developments, according to The Lansing State Journal.
GM’s current foray into autonomous vehicle technology includes a fleet of Chevrolet Volts undergoing testing with driverless tech, and the automaker most recently invested $500 million into Lyft for a future, nation-wide fleet of autonomous vehicles.
Reuss also assured the guests GM would fill the void left by the 2017 GMC Acadia, which will move to the Spring Hill, Tennessee assembly.
“We will fill Lansing, don’t worry about that,” he said.
Over the past few years, GM has invested over $580 million into the Lansing area plants, and recently made the area the home of the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro.
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Yes, add a production line for the Buick Avista to replace the GMC Acadia line. The Avista and Camaro can be built together in the Lansing Grand River plant. Lansing Grand River production could be the Alpha platform home.
Nice!
It would be very cool if Buick would decide to build the Avista , even Lexus has their high performance luxury coupe.
The problem right now is where to build it . Lansing Grand River is at full capacity now that the Camaro is being built there . First time the facility has been fully utilized .
As far as the Delta plant , moving the new Acadia to Springfield gives the plant room for a “new” crossover based on the new platform . And like Reuss said GM is going to fill Lansing . What we will see in late 2017 or early 2018 is the rumored 7-passenger Cadillac SUV . GM invested half a Billion dollars into the facility which is one of the newest plants in America . It’s all part of Cadillacs plan for filling in a segment that they want to address . And who better than the two locals ( 602 and 652 ) to take on the responsibility . It’s a great workforce from management to the folks on the assembly line ! 🙂
I purchased a 2016 Camaro SS a month ago…the build quality is amazing. Just a thank you to all the folks who built my Hyper Blue SS !