New tariffs and decreased interest in electric vehicles are causing automakers to make significant changes. General Motors is seeing a fair amount of success with EVs. However, the auto giant has decided to invest $4 billion into expanding production of gas trucks and SUVs. 

General Motors invests $4 billion in increasing production of gas trucks and SUVs 

Are you ready for more gas-powered trucks and SUVs to be manufactured in America? Well, General Motors is! The automaker is investing $4 billion into expanding the production of gas-powered vehicles in America with production shifts. 

For example, production of the Cadillac Escalade will be moved to a Michigan assembly plant. Then the plant will be adding new capacity to build light-duty Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks. 

According to Reuters, production of gasoline-powered rides will be increased at facilities in Kansas and Tennessee as well. Currently, the Escalade is built in Arlington, Texas, beside the GMC Yukon, Chevy Suburban, and Tahoe. 

Production of these large SUVs will remain consistent as the Escalade moves to Michigan. These moves are being madeto meet strong customer demand. 

But General Motors was planning to end production of gas-powered vehicles by 2035. This goal may change as interest in electric vehicles is weaker than expected and the EV tax credit gets eliminated in September. 

To be fair, EV sales have been growing for General Motors. Options like the Chevy Blazer EV and Equinox EV have positive figures. GM sold about 37,000 EVs in 2024. 

But that’s not cutting the mustard so far. Perhaps GM will start looking into building hybrid vehicles to be greener.