On October 16, 2020, a sign will be unveiled at the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly introducing the facility’s new name: Factory Zero, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center.
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DETROIT – General Motors on Tuesday confirmed its plans to produce an all-electric Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck at a new flagship EV assembly plant under construction in Detroit.
The truck is part of a previously announced $ 2.2 billion investment at the factory to produce a range of its next-generation EVs, starting with a fully electric GMC Hummer pickup later this year. Other vehicles planned for the facility include the recently unveiled Hummer EV SUV and an autonomous multi-passenger shuttle known as the Cruise Origin.
The plant, which GM named Factory Zero last year, a nod to the zero-emission EVs that will be produced there, is pivotal to the automaker’s plans for electric vehicles. It is the first of four North American facilities that GM has said will transition from production of combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles. It will be a testing ground and proof of the company’s promise to produce profitable electric vehicles.
General Motors plans to produce an all-electric Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck at its new flagship electric vehicle assembly plant being built in Detroit. The automaker released this teaser image of the vehicle’s name with an “E” highlighted in blue.
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“The vehicles coming out of Factory Zero will change the world, and how the world views electric vehicles,” GM President Mark Reuss said in a statement. The GMC Hummer EV SUV joins its stable mate in the realm of real super trucks, and Chevrolet will take over everything Chevy’s loyal truck buyers love about Silverado – and more – in an electric pickup that will delight retail and commercial customers alike. charm. “
GM declined to foresee when the Chevrolet pickup goes into production at Factory Zero, a 4.5 million square foot facility on the outskirts of Detroit and adjacent to the city of Hamtramck. The Hummer EV pickup is expected to go on sale this fall, followed by the Hummer EV SUV in early 2023.
According to GM, the new Chevy Silverado EV has a range of over 400 miles on a full charge.
The announced vehicles are part of GM’s plan to bring 30 new EVs to market worldwide by 2025, with an investment of $ 27 billion in electric and autonomous vehicles over that time. By then, the company plans to sell at least 1 million electric vehicles annually – on its way to transition to an all-electric automaker by 2035.
General Motors unveiled the 2022 GMC Hummer EV Sport Utility Truck, or SUT, online and during national television broadcasts on October 20, 2020.
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