GM recently reviewed the possibility of exclusively producing electric vehicles at the GM Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico by 2024, according to a tweet by the Mexican government’s economy ministry following a meeting with the Detroit-based automaker.
Currently, the GM Ramos Arizpe plant manufactures the ICE-powered Chevy Blazer and Chevy Equinox crossovers, while the Equinox is also built at the GM San Luis Potosà plant in Mexico. Thus far, the Chevy Blazer EV and Chevy Equinox EV are the only electric vehicles confirmed to be produced at this manufacturing plant, with the possibility of the upcoming Ultium-based Honda Prologue crossover. Eventually, GM plans the Ramos Arizpe plant to export EVs to more than 45 countries around the globe.
This development comes as GM Mexico head Francisco Garza expects Mexico to miss its EV targets. Currently, the Mexican government has a goal to have 30 percent of all production be related to electric vehicles by 2030, while Garza thinks the number will be closer to 15 percent.
It’s worth noting that these percentages refer to electric-powered vehicles as a whole, not just GM EVs.
La Sria. de EconomÃa, Raquel Buenrostro, se reunió con General Motors. Informaron que en 2024 su complejo industrial de Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, producirá solo vehÃculos eléctricos. Anunciaron el incremento de 5 mil empleos, fomentando la inclusión de género en su plantilla. pic.twitter.com/qatRlGLLwO
— EconomÃa México (@SE_mx) January 3, 2023
GM Authority previously reported back in July 2020 that General Motors was considering retooling the Mexican-based assembly plant for EV production. Then, a little less than a year later, GM halted production at the manufacturing complex in order to expand production lines. Since then, The General has invested more than $1 billion to facilitate the construction of equipment that can handle GM’s Ultium vehicle architecture.
This significant investment will transform the Ramos Arizpe plant into the fifth GM North America manufacturing site to produce electric vehicles, joining the likes of the EV plants in Spring Hill, Tennessee, Factory Zero in Detroit-Hamtramck and Lake Orion, both in Michigan, as well as CAMI in Ingersoll, Ontario.
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Trey, where will battery production occur for the EV production at this facility?
I would expect initially from Ultium Ohio then from Tennessee once that is up and running since its closer.
Yes, that seems reasonable in the short term. But shipping batteries that far once production starts to get rolling at this facility doesn’t seem very cost effective.
Plus, won’t production in TN pretty much use up the local battery production on Cadillac and Acura models?
Does battery production require a higher level of education that might be a bit challenging to achieve in Mexico? Or might there be a facility announced for Mexico?
All four of GMs North American battery factories will be in the US, and Tennessee will be the most southern location. The Cadillac and Acura battery demand will be smaller compared to the trucks with batteries that can be twice as large.
Hilarious! Let’s see how this train wreck ends.
I agree, the EV infrastructure is a joke in the USA, Mexico doesn’t even have an EV infrastructure in place.
This is just Mary Barra’s attempt to break UAW Union jobs stateside and employ cheap labor. Quality will be horrendous, good luck with that!
So far, GM is building battery plant next to the assembly plants(Factory Zero, the plant in Spring Hills and one in Ohio, if I am not mistaken) that is designated to build EVs, so it wouldn’t surprise me if GM building a battery plant next to Ramos Arizpe Plant.
GM’s four north American battery factories are all in the US. Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan are known and the fourth is expected to be in Indiana.
Mary, Bring these jobs back the USA where they belong. You are filling your pockets with less expensive labor and selling at premium prices. Cooperate GREED at its finest.
All of the thumbs down votes. You all must be cooperate yes yes yes people and not on the floor making product for the masses. We are the people that make the money for the companies we work for.
Your beef is with the UAW and probably should’ve been brought up 41 years ago when the plant opened. Don’t blame the company yes yes yes men who saved the company from imploding (induced by the choking UAW) so you still have a job.
Blame the American people for buying any vehicle made out of the states.
i shopping for Acadia or Enclave..39% USA content,,,crazy!
And then we cry our kids dont have good paying jobs
I will guess that the new Cadillac Optiq will be assembled here because its dimensions are similar to the Equinox EV and will share the same Ultium power train.