The GM Factory Zero plant in Michigan, previously known as Detroit-Hamtramck, will be idled later this month for upgrades to expand the facility’s electric vehicle production capacity.
According to a recent report from Automotive News, the GM Factory Zero plant will be offline between June 27th and July 22nd in order to install new tooling, machinery, and equipment in support of GM’s all-electric pickup production.
According to GM spokesman Dan Flores, the downtime and added production capacity for the facility arrive sooner than originally planned.
“These upgrades will also help prepare the plant for future products, including the Chevrolet Silverado EV,” Flores said.
In addition to the new Chevy Silverado EV, the plant will also produce the GMC Sierra Denali electric pickup and the fully autonomous Cruise Origin robo-taxi. What’s more, the plant will assemble new Ultium battery packs for future GM all-electric vehicles.
The first vehicle to roll off the line at the GM Factory Zero plant was the GMC Hummer EV pickup. To celebrate the opening of the facility, GM CEO Mary Barra rang the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange from the floor of the facility, after which President Joe Biden paid a visit and drove the new all-electric pickup.
The GM Factory Zero plant reopened late last year following a $2.2 billion investment to upgrade the facility for EV production.
“GM’s U.S. manufacturing expertise is key to achieving our all-electric future,” Barra said in a prepared statement following the re-opening of the facility in 2021. “This is a monumental day for the entire GM team. We retooled Factory Zero with the best, most advanced technology in the world to build the highest quality electric vehicles for our customers.”
A total of 99 customers received new units of the GMC Hummer EV pickup during the first quarter of the 2022 calendar year. Meanwhile, the new GMC Hummer EV SUV is slated to launch next year. GM says it has accumulated a combined 77,500 reservations for the GMC Hummer EV SUV and pickup thus far.
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Ok, so change the headline, “GM avoids admitting lack of Hummer EV demand”
I thought factory 0 had so much room they could add multiple separate lines to run Chevy’s, caddies, Buicks and GMC’s all alongside each other. Instead they shudder production? Their words don’t make common sense. Seams just as odd as when they deflect supply chain issues with “record ATP” statements every single time. It reeks of dishonesty
They have to stop production to add tooling to the line in order to build different vehicles there. The Silverado and Sierra Denali will run down the same line as the Hummer, but with some different parts, so, new tooling. Pretty simple.
Fortunately we have a nice big recession coming so GM won’t be able to sugarcoat it and claim record ATP anymore.
If you boost the line rate due to demand, there's a lot of work involved. Some processes would be capacity constrained so you'd need to duplicate them. Basically everything gets moved around.
The Hummer products and the Silverado and Sierra go down the same line. You know, that 100 year old car company named GM wakes up every day, so they can LIE to you. They don’t lie to me.Only you. Difference is, I’m a manufacturing guy. GM’s plan is to be vertically integrated. So these new EV’s that GM is bringing out will come with their electric motors, a skateboard chassis, and Ultium batteries. Much of the competition took their ICE variants and altered them by adding batteries.they buy the motors and batteries from suppliers. The magnitude of what GM is doing is probably the biggest undertaking they are engaged in since the major war efforts. GM isn’t about bringing out one vehicle. Their coming with an entire portfolio of EV’s, 4-5 battery plants battery, chassis and motor plants, and a supply chain.
No thanks, not interested.
GM as usual late to market. They have seldom been a leader in technology or new vehicles. This time getting it right is imperative. All their eggs are in one basket.
Like Mary not telling there are no batteries or stuff to make them.
Uh, GM is building plenty of battery packs daily at their facility in suburban Detroit, take off your Musk Colored glasses. Tesla isn't the only game in town.
Then why are there no GM EV’s being built? Oh they don’t have the parts! Unless you order a delivery van and wait 2 years.Tesla and Ford are the only US auto manufacturers that haven’t filed for bankruptcy. Has nothing to do with my glasses.
With Lordstown coming online this will give GM a lot more battery capacity. Current Hummer EV battery packs are assembled in Brownstown, MI. This will move the pack assembly in house and allow for production ramp up.
Yep, Brownstown is running two shifts, on 2 lines, 5 or so days a week. There's no shortage. The move to Factory Zero was supposed to happen earlier but got delayed to now.
Tesla reservation holders have been waiting for three years . So who is worse?
Quarter is 3 months!
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GM announced the Hummer almost a year after Musk announced the Tesla pickup. People who put down reservations for Hummers are starting to receive their vehicles. Tesla pickup owners have no clue when the first vehicle will ship (it's already been delayed multiple times so the current date is meaningless). That is the wait time to compare. You could also compare the start up rates of the Hummer to the start up of the Model 3. GM started shipping product to customers right away vs waiting months, building a tent, changing the process, etc.
He's referring to 2 models that people have put reservations on and have no idea when it will be released... i.e cybertruck and roadster.
What claims exactly has she made that are false? Unlike Elon she doesn’t go on Twitter rants and make false claims that manipulate the company’s stock.