According to foreign media reports, General Motors plans to end the production of Chevrolet Malibu in November this year, thus using its plant in Fairfax, Kansas, to assemble the next generation Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles.
GM also said on May 8th that it would suspend production of Cadillac XT4 crossovers at the Fairfax assembly plant from January 2025 until the plant resumes production later that year.
GM spokesman Kevin Kelly said in a statement that the Fairfax plant will produce gasoline models XT4 and Bolt electric vehicles on the same assembly line, “which will give GM the flexibility to respond to changes in customer demand.
” Kelly said in a media statement: “to facilitate mold installation and other modifications, after nine generations of models and more than 10 million global sales, GM will stop production of the Chevrolet Malibu in November 2024 and suspend production of the Cadillac XT4 after January 2025.
The move will lead to layoffs until affected employees resume production.
Under the agreement reached between UAW and GM, affected employees will receive appropriate support.
” Photo: Chevrolet Fairfax assembly plant, which opened in 1987, initially focused on the production of Pontiac Grand Prix models, and currently employs about 2200 people.
Kelly said the plant’s stamping and assembly operations would be affected by the shutdown.
Last fall, GM signed a new contract with UAW, as part of which it agreed to invest $391 million in revamping the Fairfax assembly plant to produce electric cars.
Mary Barra, GM’s chief executive, had previously said the company would launch a new Bolt that would use the company’s Ultium platform and return to the market in 2025.
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