通用汽车向密歇根工厂投资 10 亿美元用于新型内燃机 HD 皮卡

Flint Assembly 和 Flint Metal Center 将进行升级，以应对通用汽车的下一代卡车系列。

美国东部时间2023 年 6 月 5 日下午2:23

作者：克里斯托弗·史密斯

通用汽车将在其投资项目中再增加 10 亿美元，承诺对其位于密歇根州弗林特的两个长期制造中心进行重大升级。然而，这笔资金将不会投资于电动技术，而是用于配备内燃机的下一代雪佛兰和 GMC 重型皮卡车。

具体而言，通用汽车的弗林特金属中心将获得新的冲压模具和翻新设备，耗资 2.33 亿美元。另有 7.88 亿美元专门用于弗林特装配厂，该厂计划进行大量更新以及新设备和各种设施的扩建。Flint Assembly 是雪佛兰索罗德 HD和GMC Sierra HD卡车的制造地。

最新公告是在另一笔专用于弗林特的 5 亿美元投资之后发布的。2023 年 1 月，通用汽车承诺投入 5.79 亿美元更新其弗林特发动机运营设施，为公司的下一代小型 V8 发动机做准备。与此同时，通用汽车宣布斥资 2.16 亿美元在附近的密歇根州贝城建设另一家工厂。总而言之，这家底特律汽车制造商仅在密歇根这个地区就投入了 18 亿美元。

搬到五大湖州以外的地方，通用汽车在 2 月份承诺投资 6.5 亿美元购买内华达锂矿，以生产电动汽车电池。1.68 亿美元将用于升级纽约、俄亥俄和印第安纳州的制造中心，而这些只是最近几个月的公告。早在 2013 年，通用汽车就投资 300 亿美元投资美国的各种设施，这都是其中的一部分。

通用汽车全球制造和可持续发展执行副总裁杰拉尔德约翰逊说：“今天我们宣布对弗林特进行重大投资，通过准备两个工厂来建造下一代 ICE HD 卡车，以加强我们行业领先的全尺寸皮卡业务。” “这些投资反映了我们对忠实卡车客户的承诺以及 Flint Assembly 和 Flint Metal Center 敬业员工的努力。”

Flint Assembly 建于 1947 年，是通用汽车北美网络中仍在运营的最古老的装配厂。它也是弗林特仅存的最后一家汽车装配厂，弗林特曾是 1900 年代初期汽车工业的制造中心。

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GM Investing $1B Into Michigan Plants For New Combustion-Engine HD Pickups

Flint Assembly and Flint Metal Center will get upgrades to handle GM's next-gen truck lineup.

Jun 05, 2023 at 2:23pm ET

By: Christopher Smith

General Motors will add another $1 billion to its investment tab, promising significant upgrades for two of its long-standing manufacturing centers in Flint, Michigan. Rather than investing in electric tech, however, this money will go towards next-generation Chevrolet and GMC heavy-duty pickup trucks with combustion engines.

Specifically, GM's Flint Metal Center will gain new stamping dies and refurbished equipment, costing $233 million. Another $788 million is earmarked for the Flint Assembly plant, where numerous updates along with new equipment and expansions of various facilities are planned. Flint Assembly is where the Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD trucks are built.

The latest announcement comes after another half-billion investment earmarked for Flint. In January 2023, GM committed $579 million to update its Flint Engine Operations facility, preparing it for the company's next-generation small-block V8 engine. At the same time, GM announced $216 million for another plant in nearby Bay City, Michigan. All total, that's $1.8 billion from the Detroit automaker going to this region of Michigan alone.

Moving outside the Great Lake State, GM committed $650 million in February for a Nevada Lithium mine to produce EV batteries. $168 million is going to upgrade manufacturing centers in New York, Ohio, and Indiana, and these are just announcements within the last several months. It's all part of a $30 billion commitment from GM to invest in various US-based facilities going back to 2013.

"Today we are announcing significant investments in Flint to strengthen our industry-leading full-size pickup business by preparing two plants to build the next-generation ICE HD trucks," said Gerald Johnson, GM executive vice president for global manufacturing and sustainability. "These investments reflect our commitment to our loyal truck customers and the efforts of the dedicated employees of Flint Assembly and Flint Metal Center."

Built in 1947, Flint Assembly is the oldest assembly plant still operating in GM's North American network. It's also the last remaining vehicle assembly plant left in Flint, which was once a hub of manufacturing in the auto industry dating back to the early 1900s.

Source: General Motors