REUTERS: General Motors Co confirmed on Friday it will invest US$300 million in a suburban Detroit assembly plant, adding 400 jobs to build a new Chevrolet electric vehicle.
Barra, speaking to reporters after an event at the plant in Orion Township, outside Detroit, with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announcing the investment, said GM is focused on ensuring that all of the hourly workers at Lordstown find new jobs at other plants. But she has shown no indication it will reverse course and reopen the Lordstown plant."We want to create jobs, good paying jobs," Barra said, saying her talks with Trump had a"business focus.
The automaker said in total it is investing US$1.8 billion in its U.S. manufacturing operations this year, creating 700 new jobs and supporting 28,000 jobs across six states.
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