{"id":2447498,"date":"2025-06-15T09:26:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T13:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/general-motors-quietly-giving-up-on-massive-electric-vehicle-push\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T09:29:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T13:29:04","slug":"general-motors-quietly-giving-up-on-massive-electric-vehicle-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/general-motors-quietly-giving-up-on-massive-electric-vehicle-push\/","title":{"rendered":"General Motors Quietly \u2018Giving Up\u2019 on Massive Electric Vehicle Push"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeneral-motors-quietly-giving-up-on-massive-electric-vehicle-push%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2447498&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>General Motors (GM) is pivoting its strategy from focusing solely on electric vehicles (EVs) to emphasizing gasoline-powered models due to declining demand for EVs. The company plans to invest $4 billion in U.S. production, including expanding plants in Michigan, Kansas, and Tennessee to manufacture more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/studies-show-the-electric-vehicles-democrats-insist-you-buy-are-worse-for-the-environment-and-lower-quality\/\" title=\"Studies Show The ... Democrats Insist You Buy Are Worse For The Environment And Lower Quality\">gasoline vehicles<\/a>. The Orion Assembly plant, originally intended for EV production, will now produce gas-powered SUVs and pickups, while the Fairfax Assembly plant will take on production of the Chevy Equinox, transitioning work from Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>This decision was supported by the United Auto Workers (UAW), which praised GM&#8217;s commitment to American workers. UAW President Shawn Fain noted that this investment could bring back good union jobs to U.S. communities. Though, analysts suggest that this shift indicates GM&#8217;s abandonment of its previous goal to achieve an all-EV lineup by 2035, wiht some describing the objective as aspirational rather than a definitive strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnells-betrayal-hurts-the-nation-goodwin\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell\u2019s betrayal hurts the nation\">recent survey<\/a> indicated that interest in EVs among American consumers has significantly decreased, with only 16% considering purchasing one, while a growing number express skepticism about their price and operational costs. Despite these challenges, GM maintains its belief in an all-EV future, claiming the shift in focus does not signal a complete withdrawal from electric vehicle advancement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>General Motors is shifting gears from going green to going after the green.<\/p>\n<p>With demand for EVs in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/evs-cost-ford-staggeringly-huge-amount-losses-just-3-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">low gear<\/a>, GM is investing $4 billion to make more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-reemerges-after-2-week-disappearance\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom reemerges after 2 week disappearance\">gasoline-powered vehicles<\/a> and to do so in the United States, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/06\/10\/gm-tariffs-factories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan, Kansas, and Tennessee plants are expected to start more production in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>GM&rsquo;s Detroit-area Orion Assembly plant, once touted as the home for EV production, will instead be making gas-powered full-size SUVs and pickups.<\/p>\n<p>As the gasoline-powered Chevy Equinox moves into the fast lane of sales, GM is expanding its Fairfax Assembly plant near Kansas City. The expansion includes work currently done in Mexico transitioning to the facility.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Production of the gas-powered Chevy Blazer will likewise take place in Spring Hill, Tennessee, instead of Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was backed by the United Auto Workers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;GM&rsquo;s decision to invest billions in American plants and prioritize U.S. workers is exactly why we spoke up in favor of these auto tariffs,&rdquo; UAW President Shawn Fain said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The writing is on the wall: the race to the bottom is over. We have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gm-to-invest-4-billion-in-domestic-manufacturing-plants\/\" title=\"... to invest  billion in domestic manufacturing plants\">excess manufacturing capacity<\/a> at our existing plants, and auto companies can <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >easily bring good union jobs back<\/a> to the U.S. They can prove the naysayers wrong by investing in our communities and putting workers before corporate greed. GM is showing that it can be done,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Although four years ago <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-triumph-gm-announces-single-biggest-plant-investment-ever-rust-belt-begins-shine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GM<\/a> claimed it could have an all-EV lineup by 2035, GM&rsquo;s investment in gasoline-powered vehicles means the company is &ldquo;giving up any hope of achieving&rdquo; the 2035 goal, Sam Abuelsamid, an auto analyst at Telemetry, a Detroit-based research firm, reacted following the announcement, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/06\/12\/gm-slow-rolls-ev-aspirations-00401177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>GM said it was not changing its faith in EVs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We still believe in an all-EV future,&rdquo; the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The company&rsquo;s 2035 goal &ldquo;was aspirational. It was more an idea than a strategy,&rdquo; Alan Baum, an independent Detroit auto analyst, remarked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;GM&rsquo;s doing a better job than many of their competitors, but there&rsquo;s obviously a relatively low ceiling because of the lack of supportive policy,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>And there is the fact that many people just plain do not want an electric vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>A recent American Automobile Association survey found only 16 percent of the American adults responding that they were either &ldquo;likely&rdquo; or &ldquo;very likely&rdquo; to buy an EV for their next vehicle, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoweek.com\/news\/a65010727\/ev-interest-study-2025-aaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autoweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\">That figure was the lowest in the survey since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the number of respondents saying they were &ldquo;unlikely&rdquo; or &ldquo;very unlikely&rdquo; to buy an EV increased to 63 percent, up from 51 percent in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Money factored into how respondents view EVs, with 62 percent saying they were turned off by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/electric-vehicles-create-hazardous-situation-la-fire-cleanup-delay-homeowners-return-properties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high battery repair costs<\/a> while 59 percent said EVs cost too much.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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With EV demand slowing, GM plans to invest $4 billion in U.S. production of gas vehicles, starting in 2027 at plants in Michigan, Kansas, and Tennessee. The Orion Assembly plant will now produce gas SUVs and pickups instead of EVs. 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