WASHINGTON – General Motors (GM) announced Monday a new investment in the US to maintain the production of combustion vehicles by allocating $632 million for the production of the next generation of light pickup trucks with gasoline engines.
The investment will go to the Fort Wayne assembly plant, in the state of Indiana, where the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 pickup trucks are currently produced.
The plant, inaugurated in 1986 and which produces 1,300 vehicles a day, employs 3,983 people and has more than 2,200 robots for assembling trucks.
GM Executive Vice President for Global Manufacturing Gerald Johnson said in a statement that the investment demonstrates the company’s commitment to its “loyal” customers in the pickup truck segment.
Despite the fact that GM has promised to become an exclusively electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer in the medium term, with the announcement on Monday, the US company adds $1.653 million in one week for the future production of gasoline trucks.
On June 5, GM said it will invest $1.021 million in two US plants to produce the next generation of gasoline-powered heavy-duty pickup trucks.
In addition, in January, GM announced an investment of $854 million for the production of the sixth generation Small Block V8 combustion engine.
Johnson then stated that GM is as committed to electric vehicles as it is to combustion engines because many of the company’s customers are not ready to switch to EVs.
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