GM is pouring $918 million into its U.S.-based manufacturing facilities, with four GM plants set to receive funds. Among these is the GM Rochester plant in New York, which will receive a $68 million investment to support future V8 production and EV production.
Of the $68 million slated for investment, $12 million will go towards preparing the facility to build intake manifolds and fuel rails for future V8 engine production at the GM Flint Engine plant in Michigan. The remaining $56 million will go towards the production of new battery pack cooling lines for use in future all-electric vehicles.
The GM Rochester Operations facility is located at 1000 Lexington Avenue in Rochester, New York, and first opened in 1939. The facility now spans some 1.78 million square feet and employs roughly 770 workers, who are represented by UAW Local 1097 and IUOE 158. The facility currently builds a variety of different vehicle components, including integrated air fuel modules, fuel rails, lifter oil manifold assemblies, evaporative canisters, and fuel injectors. The components support the production of Cadillac, Chevy, and GMC vehicles. GM has invested more than $74 million into the Rochester facility since 2013.
This latest investment into the GM Rochester plant is part of a larger $918 million investment that includes $579 million for the GM Flint plant in Michigan to support production of GM’s next-gen Small Block V8, $55 million for the GM Defiance plant in Ohio to support engine block castings and casting cell development, and $216 million for the GM Bay City GPS plant in Michigan to support the production of next-gen V8 components.
In total, GM has invested more than $37 billion into its U.S. manufacturing facilities since 2013. That total also includes various investments made into EV battery component manufacturing via GM’s joint venture with LG Energy, Ultium Cells LLC.
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Okay, GM. Now tell us why with this new investment, that the future of an ICE Camaro, with a proper V8, can’t be included alongside the Corvette?
Hedge your bets on an all electric future with a small block Corvette AND Camaro (newly refreshed and with an advertising budget!). The gas Camaro can sit alongside whatever you’ve plans for that nameplate on the battery side. And until charging grids and battery range are extended in a big way, that gas Camaro is still going to have a buying audience.