General Motors plans to manufacture at least six new electric vehicles, including a full-size SUV.
Stellantis plans to manufacture a new mid-size pickup truck, plus battery-powered versions of six Jeep, Ram and Dodge vehicles.
Ford plans to manufacture at least three new electric vehicles that will preserve jobs at several plants.
These and other Detroit automakers’ production plans have come to light in the details of tentative contract agreements that ended the six-week strike by the United Auto Workers union.
Under the new agreements, the three companies will significantly increase wages and benefits and improve job security. But the agreements also lay out a plan for what cars and trucks they plan to make in the coming years and where they will make them.
Many of the plans will continue to manufacture vehicles that the automakers already have. But some new vehicles are also planned to be produced in the next few years.
About 146,000 union members will vote on the contracts in the next two weeks. Workers at 10 Ford plants that have already voted have overwhelmingly favored the agreements, which will be in effect through April 2028.
The UAW’s success in obtaining commitments from companies to build new electric vehicles at several plants represents a particular achievement. The expansion of electric vehicle production will preserve jobs and could create new ones, which will depend on how quickly the country shifts from gasoline to battery-powered engines.
All automakers have embraced the transition to electric vehicles as a large-scale, long-term commitment. Companies have set a goal of having electric vehicles account for approximately half of their U.S. sales by 2030.
Adopting the same goal, the U.S. government’s Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 increased federal tax credits to buyers of new and used electric vehicles.