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Magna’s new manufacturing facility will produce battery enclosures for the revived Hummer truck, now to be bought underneath the GMC industrial automobile model as a pure EV |
Magna introduced it had damaged floor on a brand new manufacturing facility in St. Clair, Michigan, that may construct advanced battery enclosures for Normal Motors’ upcoming 2022 GMC Hummer EV.
The manufacturing facility will produce battery enclosures for the revived Hummer, now to be bought underneath the GMC industrial automobile model as a pure EV.
Building of the 345,000 sq ft facility, named Magna Electrical Car Constructions, is costing US$70m and is predicted to deliver 300 jobs to town over the following 5 years.
Magna stated the battery enclosure contributes to the structural and security elements of a automobile’s body and protects excessive voltage batteries from injury and water. The provider is ready to develop such assemblies in metal, aluminium and multi-material configurations, together with light-weight composites, to satisfy the person wants of its prospects.
“Bringing this new battery enclosure know-how to market is one other instance of Magna’s capability to ship a full-system resolution to automakers supporting their give attention to a decrease emissions future,” stated John Farrell, president of Magna’s physique and chassis group Cosma Worldwide.
Magna, via its physique and chassis product group, claims to have lengthy been an business chief in automobile buildings offering a complete vary of capabilities and engineering services and products to prospects worldwide.
“This new enterprise with GM marks an necessary evolution as the corporate expands its capabilities in all elements of the automobile electrification house,” Magna stated in a press release.
Manufacturing on the new plant is scheduled to begin early in 2022. It will likely be Magna’s twenty fifth manufacturing facility in Michigan.
