An Ohio battery plant owned by General Motors and once championed by President Donald Trump as symbolizing his American manufacturing revival is laying off hundreds of workers amid a slump in demand for electric vehicles.
GM confirmed the decision to The Associated Press on Wednesday, following a report by The Detroit News that the company would be cutting 550 jobs at the Lordstown plant—a joint venture with Ultium Cells—and placing another 850 on temporary layoff, while also cutting around 1,200 jobs at an assembly plant in Detroit.
“In response to slower near-term EV adoption and an evolving regulatory environment, General Motors is realigning EV capacity,” the company said in a statement quoted by AP, but stressed that it “remains committed to our U.S. manufacturing footprint.”
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