Officials with General Motors say the automaker will invest more than a billion (b) dollars to help produce heavy-duty trucks in Flint.
Most of the money is targeted to re-tool and expand the Flint Assembly plant…where workers will build the latest gasoline and diesel-powered heavy-duty pickup trucks.
The rest of the investment funds improvements at the Flint Metal Center. The move is despite G-M officials’ pledge to shift to an all-electric vehicle lineup by 2035.
But right now…the automakers’ heavy-duty pickups are proving extremely profitable.
Last year…sales of the trucks reportedly rose almost 40 percent compared to the year before.