Automaker cites "slower near-term EV adoption and an evolving regulatory environment" in latest pullback on electric ambitions.

General Motors announced on Wednesday it will lay off approximately 1,200 workers at its all-electric vehicle (EV) factory in Detroit and cut another 550 jobs at its Ultium battery cell facility in Ohio. Additional temporary layoffs will affect 850 employees at the Ohio plant and 700 in Tennessee.

General Motors is confirming that about 1,200 people will be laid off from its Factory ZERO facility spanning parts of Detroit and Hamtramck in January.

By Summer Ballentine, About 1,200 workers at General Motors Co.’s Detroit-area all-electric plant will be laid off as the company downsizes to a single shift in response to

By reducing production to just one shift, at least 1,200 employees will be let go at GM’s ( GM) Factory Zero Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center which produces the Chevy Silverado, GMC Sierra, and Escalade IQ.

General Motors is closing its Georgia IT Innovation Center and cutting over 300 jobs as part of a plan to consolidate its technical operations and improve collaboration across key hubs.

At dawn on October 24, 2025, employees at General Motors’ Tech Center in Warren, Michigan, were greeted not by the hum of innovation, but by news that over 200 salaried workers—primarily CAD engineers—were being laid off.

The automaker has been on a tear of cuts to its workforce, and will idle two battery factories for the first half of 2026.