Betting on America
June 13, 2025Newsletter Archives
General Motors has been assembling cars, trucks, and other vehicles in America for more than a century. Our U.S. footprint is wide - we’ve got a network of over 50 U.S. manufacturing and parts facilities spread across 19 states, together supporting nearly 1 million American jobs, including employees, suppliers, and dealers.
And we believe the outlook for the American auto business is as bright as ever.
This week, in fact, we announced plans to invest about $4 billion over the next two years to boost production of both gas and electric vehicles at three of our plants – Orion Assembly, in Orion Township Michigan; Fairfax Assembly, in Kansas City, Kansas; and Spring Hill Manufacturing, in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Orion will begin building full-size SUVs and light duty pickups. Fairfax, already tabbed to produce the next-generation Chevrolet Bolt EV, will add the Chevrolet Equinox to the mix. Spring Hill, home of the Cadillac LYRIQ and VISTIQ EVs, and the XT5 and XT6 SUVs, will add the Chevy Blazer.1
And that follows our recent announcement of plans to invest $888 million in our Tonawanda Propulsion engine plant in Buffalo, New York.
“We believe the future of transportation will be driven by American innovation and manufacturing expertise,” said Mary Barra, Chair and CEO. This week’s announcement, she added, “demonstrates our ongoing commitment to build vehicles in the U.S and to support American jobs.”
I’d note here that the production investments come at a time when we are gaining considerable market share in electric vehicles. We’re now offering a portfolio of 13 EVs, spread across our Chevrolet, Cadillac, and GMC brands. Chevrolet recently surpassed Ford to become the fastest growing domestic EV brand, thanks to the popular Equinox EV. GM overall is now the #2 U.S. seller of EVs – and we are now #1 in Canada. May was GM’s second-best month ever for EV sales. Our share of the domestic EV market has doubled over the last 12 months. And sales of gas-powered cars also remain strong.
“This is about hardworking Americans making vehicles they are proud to build and that customers are proud to own," GM President Mark Reuss said in connection with the new manufacturing investment. "As you travel the country, you can see firsthand the scale of our manufacturing footprint and the positive economic impact on our communities and our country.”
And for that, we could not be prouder.
-- Eric Savitz, editor-in-chief, GM News
1Vehcles are assembled with U.S. and globally sourced parts.
