GM announces jobs, electric vehicle after Trump criticism
Posted Mar 22, 2019 10:01:08 AM.
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ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Less than a week after a series of critical tweets from President Donald Trump over an Ohio plant closure, General Motors is announcing plans to add 400 jobs and build a new electric vehicle at a Michigan factory.
The company said Friday it will spend $300 million in Orion Township to build a Chevrolet vehicle based on the battery-powered Bolt.
GM wouldn’t say when the workers will start or the vehicle will go on sale. Nor would it say if workers will be new hires or come from a pool of laid-off employees.
GM also announced plans to spend another $1.4 billion at U.S. factories with 300 more jobs but didn’t offer details.
The company wouldn’t comment on Trump but said the announcement has been in the works for weeks.
Mike Householder And Tom Krisher, The Associated Press
