The launch of the SUVs was viewed as crucial as crucial to the automaker's profitability prior to the Covid-19 crisis. That importance has grown even more so as GM looks for ways to resurrect its balance sheet this year.
Gerald Johnson, GM executive vice president of global manufacturing, said the SUVs remain on track because the automaker was able to continue retooling, or updating, the Texas plant where the SUVs are built while it was shut down.during an interview last week. "Mind you, if the whole country stays shutdown, then the whole country stays shutdown."
GM ceased production at its U.S. plants, including Arlington Assembly in Arlington, Texas, last month due to the virus.The full-size S, UVs being built at the Arlington plant are the Chevrolet Tahoe, Chevrolet Suburban, GMC Yukon, and Cadillac Escalade models. GMof the vehicles prior to Covid-19 significantly impacting the U.S. auto industry.
The Chevrolet SUVs are expected in dealer showrooms in the coming months, followed shortly by the GMC and then the Cadillac models in the summer, according to GM. General Motors Executive Vice President Global Manufacturing and Labor Relations Gerald Johnson watches as engineers and technicians set-up and test the machines that will be used to manufacture Level 1 face masks at a plant in Warren, Michigan.causing gas prices to plummet to the lowest levels in decades., which includes pickups and full-size SUVs like the Tahoe and Suburban, accounts for a $65 billion high-margin business, the company has said.
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