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Gov. Whitmer Secures Historic $7 Billion Investment by GM to Create Thousands of Manufacturing Jobs, Making Michigan a Home for Company’s Electric Vehicle Future

• $7 billion investment will create 4,000 and retain 1,000 jobs and is a significant portion of GM’s overall planned investment in electric and autonomous vehicles through 2025 • Includes converting GM Orion Township assembly plant to build full-size EV pickups; building Ultium’s 3rd US battery cell plant in Lansing • First transformational project secured with bipartisan SOAR legislation signed into law last month

General Motors’ Historic $7 Billion Investment Forges Michigan’s Future as Leader in Electrification

The investment is expected to create 4,000 job and retain an additional 1,000 jobs, securing Michigan at the forefront of the future of EV and mobility

Gov. Whitmer Awards $5M to Bolster Michigan’s Growth in the Electric Vehicle and Mobility Industry

Ford International Airport Launches FLITE to Develop, Introduce New High-Tech Air Travel Solutions

Partnership with MEDC, Southwest Airlines Provides Grants to Innovation-Driven Companies, Allowing Them to Test New Products, Services in Live Airport Environment

Gov. Whitmer announces air mobility corridor development in Michigan and Ontario

• First-of-its-kind aerial mobility corridor study will test the feasibility of commercial drones and other aerial systems in three areas, including cross-border. • Michigan’s aviation system contributes more than $22 billion to the state economy each year. • In 2017, Michigan and Ontario collaborated on North America's first cross-border automated vehicle test drive. • In 2020, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer created the Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME). It works across state government, academia, and private industry to enhance Michigan’s mobility ecosystem, including developing dynamic mobility and electrification policies and supporting the start-up and scale-up of emerging technologies and businesses. • More than half of Michigan's automotive suppliers conduct automated vehicle testing in the state. Michigan offers more than 600 miles of roadway equipped for connected vehicle testing, and it is building the road of the future with a new 40-mile connected corridor project being led by MDOT and OFME.

Gov. Whitmer Announces 195 New Jobs in Dundee at Automotive Electronics Manufacturer EOI Pioneer

• $14 million investment to establish facility, new manufacturing operations to allow the company to grow its global automotive business • Project is company’s first North American automotive operations; underscores Michigan’s leadership in automotive manufacturing  

Gov. Whitmer Announces 40 High-Wage Jobs as Global Auto Supplier TÜV SÜD America Establishes State-of-the-Art EV Battery Testing Facility in Auburn Hills

$44.1 million investment will establish new facility that includes all aspects of EV battery testing, create high-wage jobs, and build on Michigan's leadership in mobility and electrification sector

THIS JUST IN: Michigan underscores EV leadership and momentum with new battery manufacturing plant

Governor Gretchen Whitmer Announces Grants to Accelerate Maritime, Mobility Innovations in the Great Lakes 

Governor Whitmer on GM’s Latest Investment to Develop Next-Generation Battery Facility in Michigan

Governor Gretchen Whitmer today released the following statement following the announcement by General Motors of an all-new Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center.