But the article looks very interesting.

I'd like to see Musk buy those idled plants. It might be just what his Model 3 needs to get really going.

Maybe the LA Times will cover this story tomorrow. I'll look for it.

Thanks for posting, my dear Ohiogal!

Might as well gut the building and start over.





(I just bought a Kia PHEV, so I'm prejudiced with the pic.)

More to the point, Teslas are cars. GM was making cars.

To be sure, some parts of the plants would need retooling, but fundamentally a car is a car. Tires, steering wheel, doors, glass, brakes, cute little horn, seats. You get the idea.

The skins aren't a problem. The vehicle has to be retooled underneath. GM has a history with the Volt, and why they can't fathom converting that to what people are wanting is a mystery.

(For the last decade, people wanted SUVs and pickups. They didn't necessarily want really expensive gunboats. They wanted something to haul around the kids and the groceries and also to perhaps to pick up stuff at Lowes.)

And they didn't want to spend a lot of money on gas every week. Anyway, to make a long story short, the gurus at GM et al. didn't listen and didn't make the vehicles people wanted. Didn't understand where the consumer was going. So, now plants close.

Anyway, I have a small SUV that's a plug-in that has leather seats, that are heated, has collision avoidance/lane keeping tech, auto folding mirrors, remote AC/heating from my phone!/power seats with memory/heated steering wheel with full radio and driving controls/....you get the idea.

Unfortunately the vehicle I bought this week isn't an American car. It was made in Korea.

There is no reason that GM or Ford couldn't have done this in the last 10 years or so.

It is the former “Nummi “ . facility

Retooling happens all the time.

They literally retrofitted tents in the parking lot to expand. The Tesla Model 3 is one of the best selling cars in the US right now. If it continues or if they make a Model 4 which is even less expensive, then they need massive automated capability.

There's not a whole lot of info in that article I linked beyond the subject line! Maybe you can find something better!

They did say that Elon Musk will be on 60 Minutes this Sunday, should be interesting!

(I live in Trumbull County where the Lordstown GM soon-to-be idled plant is located). So I'm very interested in what may transpire here!

like the one where Teslas are made now, which used to be a union factory.