General Motors Co. plans to invest $160 million at its Orion Assembly plant for construction of a new battery pack assembly line, The Detroit News has learned, suggesting to experts the facility could be the next plant transitioned to build the automaker’s new electric vehicles.
The Detroit automaker filed a tax exemption request on Dec. 1 with Orion Township for a “proposed investment … primarily for the construction of an addition and land improvements for a new battery pack assembly facility.”