LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — In accordance with a challenge record reviewed by Reuters, the U.S. Division of Power is contemplating revoking $1.1 billion in awards to automotive producers, together with $500 million allotted to Basic Motors to transform the Lansing Grand River Meeting Plant to EVs.
In July 2024, the White Home reported that the plant funding announcement was made as a part of former President Joe Biden’s Investing in America agenda.
“The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $1.7 billion to support the conversion of 11 shuttered or at-risk auto manufacturing and assembly facilities across eight states—Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, and Virginia—to manufacture electric vehicles and their supply chain,” the administration mentioned in a information launch.
GM to retool Lansing Grand River plant to electrical automobile facility
The Grand River Meeting Plant was scheduled to bear vital refurbishment and retooling, permitting the plant to start producing electrical autos.
This challenge is amongst a listing of $12 billion in awards that might be canceled as a part of the continued partial authorities shutdown.
Reuters studies that GM is lowering its EV investments, together with scaling again the manufacturing of two electrical Cadillac SUVs.
