GM lays off 1,700 workers making EVs and batteries in Michigan, Tennessee

Now we can see some of the impact of that realignment. According to The Detroit News, 1,200 workers are being laid off at GM’s EV-building Hamtramck Assembly Center near Detroit, which will move from two shifts a day to just one in early January.

Another 550 workers are being laid off at the Ultium Cells battery plant in Ohio; this is a joint venture with LG Chem and the plant will also stop production on January 5 until at least May.

Another 850 workers at the Ultium Cells…