LANSING — GM is expected to build a new battery plant in Michigan and spend billions to expand an existing assembly plant here as the automaker transitions to all electric vehicles by 2035.
GM is eyeing the Lansing area for a new battery plant, based on city records, a statement from the mayor, and a source familiar with company plans who did not wish to be identified.
The company also intends to convert Orion Assembly in northern Oakland County’s Orion Township to be the next Ultium EV plant to build either SUVs or pickup trucks, the source said.
Each project would amount to an investment in the low billions of dollars.
Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture between GM and LG Energy Solution Michigan, has submitted an application for a tax-exempt “renaissance zone” with the city of Lansing for a project on GM-owned land that would cost “up to or more than” $2.5 billion and create 750 full-time jobs when the plant is completed at the end of 2025, with the number of jobs eventually growing to 1,700, records show.
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