GM wins tax break from Detroit suburb for $1.3 billion plant expansion for EVs, batteries

GM Orion Assembly_i.png — General Motors Co.'s Orion Assembly plant in Orion Township in Oakland County produces the Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle and the Cruise AV test vehicles. (General Motors Co.)

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KURT NAGL

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Crain's Detroit Business

January 19, 2022 02:28 AM

Orion Township's board of trustees on Tuesday approved a 12-year tax break for General Motors to launch a $1.3 billion expansion of its Orion Assembly plant for production of EVs and batteries.

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