General Motors is laying off thousands of workers across multiple electric vehicle and battery plants in the United States. According to multiple news outlets, around 1,200 employees at the company’s electric vehicle factory in Detroit, Michigan, are being placed on indefinite layoff.
Further cuts and temporary layoffs are also being made at GM’s Ultium Cells battery factories in Ohio and Tennessee. The Wall Street Journal reports that GM will idle those battery factories starting on January 5, with plans to resume production in the middle of 2026.
These job cuts come just a few days after GM announced layoffs to some of its white-collar workforce. The company also announced a 1.6 billion dollar financial hit as it reworks its electric vehicle plans.
GM also recently ended its BrightDrop commercial electric van program. The company, along with many of its rivals, is now pushing electric vehicles less in the United States. This shift follows the loss of the federal tax credit for EVs and a loosening of regulatory restrictions on internal combustion vehicles.