(GM via AP)DETROIT – General Motors plans to spend $2 billion to convert its Spring Hill, Tennessee, assembly plant into a third U.S. site to build future electric vehicles.
The company will build the Cadillac Lyriq, a small electric SUV, at the Spring Hill factory.
The paint and body shops at Spring Hill will see major expansions, and the general assembly area will get new machinery, conveyors, controls and other equipment.
Also, the Orion Township plant will get $3.5 million and a plant in Brownstown Township, Michigan, will get $750,000, both to help build a test vehicle for the Cruise autonomous vehicle unit.
Over the past 19 months, GM has announced investments of more than $4.5 billion at the three future electric vehicle factories.