Despite Coming Light-Duty EV Pickups, GM Banks on Gas-Fueled HD Trucks

• General Motors continues focusing heavily on its pickup truck production, as it announces an additional $1 billion in funding for Flint, Michigan, facilities.

• Specifically, the $1 billion will be used to retool the Flint Assembly Plant and to buy new stamping dies for the Flint Metal Center.

• The company is being bullish about truck production after it took the top sales spot in 2022, indicating it's not willing to let go of ICE trucks just yet.

Electric vehicles are all the rage for most automakers, as brands reshape their production lines and product offerings for the 21st century. Optimists see a utopia of EVs silently cruising our streets (perhaps even autonomously) within the next five to 10 years, but domestic manufacturers are taking a more pragmatic approach. And General Motors' most recent investment announcement is a prime example of that.

Specifically, GM is making a $1 billion investment into its Flint, Michigan, manufacturing sites, the company's long-running assembly and metal stamping plants. These plants focus specifically on heavy-duty crew as well as regular cab pickup trucks and both facilities are about to get a big upgrade.

Dividing the $1 billion, the Flint Assembly plant will receive $788 million to prepare for GM's next-generation internal-combustion, heavy-duty trucks, specifically the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra. Expanding the general assembly conveyor belt and retooling the plant will be the primary goal, though some broad plant expansion is also covered. The Flint Metal Center will use $233 million for new stamping dies for the next-generation pickup, in addition to refreshing existing plant equipment.