GM cuts thousands of EV and battery factory workers
In Brief Posted: 11:05 AM PDT · October 29, 2025 Image Credits:Getty Images Sean O’Kane GM cuts thousands of EV and battery factory workers General Motors is laying off thousands of workers across multiple electric vehicle and battery plants in the U.S., according to multiple outlets. Around 1,200 employees at the company’s EV factory in Detroit, Michigan are being placed on “indefinite layoff.” Further cuts and temporary layoffs are being made at GM’s Ultium Cells battery factories in Ohio and Tennessee. GM will also idle those battery factories starting on January 5, according to the Wall Street Journal, with plans to resume production in the middle of 2026. The job cuts come just a few days after GM announced layoffs to some of its white-collar…
