GM's Orion plant to build Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra electric pickups

GM has also upgraded its Spring Hill Assembly plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, to handle production of Ultium-based vehicles. The plant is already churning out pre-production examples of theGM also announced on Tuesday plans to build a plant in Lansing, Michigan, for Ultium battery cells. The plant, which will be run by a joint venture between GM and LG Energy Solution, will require a $2.6 billion investment.

The Lansing site will be GM's third for Ultium cells in the U.S., following two similar plants being constructed in Ohio and Tennessee. The automaker aims to have the capacity to build more than one million electric vehicles in North America annually by 2025. It also aims to be the leader for EV sales in North America by that date. That's a big call as it would mean overtaking Tesla in the space of only three years.

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