General Motors Lays Off Workers at Ohio Site Trump Pledged To Save

[In It to Win It]

https://www.newsweek.com/general-motors-lays-off-workers-ohio-trump-save-lordstown-michigan-10964364

An Ohio battery plant owned by General Motors and once championed by President Donald Trump as symbolizing his American manufacturing revival is laying off hundreds of workers amid a slump in demand for electric vehicles.

GM confirmed the decision to The Associated Press on Wednesday, following a report by The Detroit News that the company would be cutting 550 jobs at the Lordstown plant—a joint venture with Ultium Cells—and placing another 850 on temporary layoff, while also cutting around 1,200 jobs at an assembly plant in Detroit.

“In response to slower near-term EV adoption and an evolving regulatory environment, General Motors is realigning EV capacity,” the company said in a statement quoted by AP, but stressed that it “remains committed to our U.S. manufacturing footprint."

Newsweek contacted GM via email outside of regular hours for comment.

[Captain Zero]

1. Same crap as Carrier plant in Indiana 2016-17

Trump lies. His promises are WORTHLESS.

[Diamond_Dog]

2. +1000

You’d think everyone would know that by now!

[In It to Win It]

5. They still won't know. The people in this area that work at this plant will never hear anyone blame Trump for it.

They won't receive the information that connects Trump to this.

[RainCaster]

3. Everything he touches...

turns to shit.
💩💩💩

[Dave Bowman]

4. Yeah, he's king Shitas.

[MichMan]

6. It isn't the only one

Michigan: Gotion battery plant plan is dead after years of controversy

Gotion Inc.’s plans to build a $2.4 billion electric vehicle battery plant near Big Rapids are dead, following years of lawsuits, delays and controversy over the firm’s ties to China. Michigan officials on Thursday released a letter stating the company was in default of its agreement with the state, which had pledged $175 million to the company and purchased 270 acres for the project in Green Charter Township.

Announced with fanfare in 2023, the project was expected to create 2,350 jobs. It was beset with controversy from the start and became an issue in the 2024 campaign for president because Gotion is a US subsidiary of the Chinese company Gotion High-Tech Inc.

“It is even more surprising that the state of Michigan suggests that Gotion has ‘abandoned’ the project considering the immense challenges that Gotion has experienced in Michigan,” wrote the company’s attorney, Mark Heusel of Dickinson Wright, in the letter.

The Gotion project was also one of the higher-profile beneficiaries of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s signature economic development program, the $2 billion Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve. The Legislature defunded the program earlier this month.

https://bridgemi.com/business-watch/michigan-gotion-battery-plant-plan-is-dead-after-years-of-controversy/