July 11 2024
For more than 20 years, our GM Lansing Grand River team has built luxury and performance vehicles our customers love, like the Cadillac V-Series Blackwings. Now, we’re excited to announce that with a $500 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and our own investment, we'll prepare Lansing Grand River for electrification.
The grant comes from a federal Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant program. These cost-shared grants support U.S. production of efficient hybrid, plug-in electric hybrid, plug-in electric, and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles.
Today’s news builds on our bigger commitment to building a resilient supply chain and offering customers a wide choice of vehicles. In fact, we’ve announced over $12 billion in investments for our North American EV manufacturing and supply chain development since 2020.
Lansing Grand River will join other GM plants on our EV journey, including Factory ZERO Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center and Orion Assembly in Michigan, Spring Hill Manufacturing in Tennessee, Fairfax Assembly in Kansas and Toledo Propulsion Systems in Ohio. Plus, we continue to invest in an array of GM component, stamping and propulsion plants.
In addition, GM, its suppliers and joint venture partners have been making multi-billion-dollar investments to onshore the production of EV raw materials, processed materials and components, including battery cells. These supply chain initiatives are creating thousands of jobs in states including Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Nevada, Louisiana, Texas, North Carolina and California.
“GM’s investment and this Department of Energy grant underscore our commitment to U.S. leadership in manufacturing and innovation, making sure we’re competitive at home and abroad,” said Camilo Ballesty, GM vice president of North America Manufacturing and Labor Relations. “Our Lansing Grand River team produces incredible vehicles for our customers, and we’re proud to bring our commitment to performance and quality into our EV future.”
Lansing Grand River, represented by UAW Local 652, will continue to produce the Cadillac CT4 and CT5 (including V-Series). We look forward to sharing more details around timing, future products, and volume down the road.
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