GM cancels 3rd shift at Mexico EV plant after 8 months

Lindsay VanHulle

January 31, 2025 06:40 PM

General Motors' Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico builds the Chevrolet Equinox EV, shown here, as well as the Blazer EV and the electric Cadillac Optiq for GM. It also produces the Honda Prologue, which is built on GM’s electric vehicle architecture. (AUTOMOTIVE NEWS FILE PHOTO)

General Motors has dropped a production shift at an assembly plant that builds electric crossovers for Chevrolet, Cadillac and Honda in Mexico.

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