GM plans $2B Lansing investment, seeks to redirect $500M grant to hybrids
GM plans over $2B in Michigan's Lansing region, including $1.25B for its Delta Township plant, and is working with DOE to redirect a $500M grant to hybrid production.
The story in focus
General Motors plans to invest more than $2 billion over the next several years in the Lansing region, including $1.25 billion to prepare its Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant for future vehicle production. The company is also working with the U.S. Department of Energy to restructure a previously awarded $500 million grant toward future hybrid production at the plant.
- GM plans to invest over $2 billion in the Lansing region over the next several years.
- The plan includes $1.25 billion to prepare the Lansing Delta Township plant for future vehicle production.
- GM is working with DOE to restructure a previously awarded $500 million Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant toward future hybrid production.
- GM did not specify when hybrid production or sales would begin.
- The plant builds the Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Acadia and produced a record 291,000 vehicles in 2025.
Investment and grant restructuring
General Motors plans to invest more than $2 billion over the next several years in the Lansing region, TechCrunch reported. The figure includes $1.25 billion to prepare the Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant for what GM called future vehicle production.
GM said it is working with the U.S. Department of Energy to restructure a previously awarded $500 million Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant and direct those funds to future hybrid production at the Lansing factory. The grant was awarded under the Biden administration to convert a different Lansing factory to produce electric vehicles, including hybrids, battery-electric, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. GM said those funds were never released.
Current production and hybrid timing
The Lansing Delta Township plant currently assembles the gas-powered Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Acadia. It produced a record 291,000 vehicles in 2025, according to TechCrunch.
GM did not provide specifics on when it would begin producing and selling hybrids. TechCrunch reported, citing insiders, that hybrids are expected across multiple brands rather than a single vehicle line. A Reuters report citing anonymous sources said GM plans to build hybrid versions of the Chevrolet Traverse, Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia at the factory. GM said it will share specific details on its hybrid production plans closer to launch.
Strategy shift
GM has been slow to adopt hybrids, TechCrunch reported. Until recently, its only electric-hybrid vehicle was the Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray, a 2024 model of which GM sold 2,444 last year; the E-Ray has since been discontinued. GM began deliveries of the hybrid Corvette ZR1X in March and plans to launch a hybrid Corvette Grand Sport X next year.
GM had favored battery-electric vehicles and invested billions to shift its gas-powered portfolio to an all-electric one. TechCrunch reported that strategy has changed under the Trump administration with the end of the federal EV tax credit and slower-than-expected demand. GM still sells several battery-electric vehicles, including the Chevrolet Equinox EV, Blazer EV and Cadillac Escalade IQ, though its EV sales have fallen year-over-year.
When will GM begin hybrid production at its Lansing Delta Township plant?
GM has not specified a timeline. It said it will share details closer to launch. TechCrunch, citing insiders, reported hybrids are expected across multiple brands, while a Reuters report said hybrid versions of the Traverse, Enclave and Acadia would be built at the plant.
Sources & further reading
- GM is embracing hybrids now ↗TechCrunch
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