It suffers from a lack of spare parts and the uncertainty in the request EV, GM is preparing to lay off workers

Auto giant General Motors She is preparing to lay off workers in the assembly factory in Witzville, Missouri.

Although layoffs will be temporary, the majority of workers in the factory will be affected, according to letter Send to employees by the CEO of the factory and the local UAW representative.

The Wentzville factory of GM Chevrolet Colorado and medium -sized trucks in GMC Canyon, as well as Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana trucks are full. The last two are some GM offers longer, and it was recognized that they were due to the full renewal of EV by 2026, but General Motors followed again on these plans, according to what I mentioned. GMATHORITY.

The reason for the demobilization of temporary workers – is expected to continue between September 29 and October 19 – is a shortage of spare parts.

General Motors did not respond to a request for comment from Gizmodo. We will update this post when we receive a response.

The shortage of parts is the latest in a series of opposite winds for GM, which is the pioneer is the Trump administration attack on the electric car industry that caused the giant of the auto giant Restore its strategy for electrification.

Among the first tracks of Donald Trump was as head of the start of the cancellation of tax credit for consumers of 7500 dollars. Although the current tax credit has been approved as part of the Law of Reduction of Evidence, President Joe Biden, the EV tax credit exists in one way or another for more than a decade.

The validity of the tax credits is scheduled to end on September 30, as the electric cars industry drowns to the great unknown.

This is unknown to reduce production in the main electric vehicle assembly factory, temporarily lay off workers, and delay an indefinite transformation in the Kansas city assembly factory, which was appointed to produce electricity Braghi Chevy Later this year, Reuters It was mentioned in September.

GM test (and America) EV

Once again in 2021, General Motors adhered to Completely swallowed her fleet of vehicles by 2035. A major road barrier has since reached this vision in the form of EV policies in the Trump era.

According to the comments of CEO Mary Barra last week, electric cars are still the company.North star.” previously The suspended request Now looking: sales Electric vehicles used It rose 40 % from last year in July, and your GM Capital vehicle sales jumped To my month at all register In August.

The company participated in press release Although they expect a strong demand in September as well, sales “will undoubtedly” be less after the end of the tax credits.

“It may take several months until the market is normalized. We will definitely see a smaller market EV for a period of time, and we will not think about excessive excess.”

The next uncertainty is not just a GM test, but the US test as a whole. While EV requirements in the United States and Washington cancel the main support for the industry, Chinese EV makers like BYD enjoy government support because they are Expanding ambition Operations and Global influence.

The demand may be slow in the United States due to many reasons (one undoubtedly is the lack of EV charging infrastructure) But experts believe that the future is still a great electrician. Goldman Sachs Analysts participated last year that they expect electric cars to make up 50 % of the sales of new global cars by 2035.