GM Delaying New Electric Truck Factory Opening Again After Ford Did The Same
General Motors is delaying the opening of its second electric truck factory again. This from late 2025 to the middle of 2026.
The Orion Assembly facility in Michigan manufactured the first generation Chevrolet Bolt and Bolt EUV until they were discontinued last December and is now being converted to produce full-size electric trucks.
GM builds the GMC Hummer EV pickup and SUV, Chevrolet Silverado EV and upcoming GMC Sierra EV at its Factory Zero complex in Detroit-Hamtramck, but was scheduled to expand production at Orion Assembly.
Orion Assembly was originally slated to start producing trucks in early 2025, but GM announced last October that it was moving it to the end of the year.
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“We’ve also decided to reopen the Orion Assembly as a battery electric truck plant in mid-2026,” GM CEO Mary Barra said during GM’s second-quarter earnings call.
“The new timing is six months later than our plan heading into the year. We’re confident that we can meet customer demand for standout EV trucks in the interim by leveraging the production capability and flexibility we have in factory zero. We will also continue to take advantage of the flexibility we have to mix production between ICE and EV at key plants.”
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GM delivered 4,597 Hummer EVs and 3,257 Silverado EVs through the first six months of this year, with production just starting to ramp up in recent months.
Ford was also supposed to open a new electric truck factory in Tennessee in 2025, but has delayed it until 2026 due to weaker than expected market demand.
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An updated second-generation Bolt is still on track to enter production at GM’s Fairfax Assembly in Kansas in late 2025, after production of the Chevrolet Malibu sedan ends this November.
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