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New GM Plant to Assemble Electric Car Parts
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General Motors Co. boss Fritz Henderson is releasing details of the company's plan to assemble battery packs for its new rechargeable electric car at a new factory in southeastern Michigan.
GM's president and chief executive scheduled a news conference Thursday morning at the plant site in Brownstown Township, 20 miles southwest of Detroit.
GM says in a statement the factory "will produce the lithium ion battery packs for GM's future extended-range electrical vehicles, including the Chevrolet Volt.''
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. is making the batteries.
Two people briefed on the project said last month GM will invest $43 million and employ about 100 people at the plant.
They requested anonymity because GM hadn't yet made an official announcement.
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