This is so cool. For
background, read this post, dated February 22, 2015. The 30-second bite: CAFE standards favor SUVs and trucks, of all sizes. Result? Today's story out of GM being
reported by Reuters:
GM to lay off workers, cut production at Michigan small-car plant.
General Motors Co will
lay off 100 workers and cut production at its Orion Assembly small-car
plant in suburban Detroit because of slow sales, the company said on
Friday.
This is in addition to the 160 layoffs GM announced last November at Orion Assembly.
U.S.
consumers continue to prefer SUVs and pickup trucks over sedans,
particularly small ones, as gasoline prices remain low. The plant makes
the Chevrolet Sonic and Buick Verano compact cars.
The plant has about 1,580 hourly workers and 180 salaried positions. GM
said the 260 workers to be laid off will be let go by the end of this
year.
This is embarrassing. I had never heard of the Orion. Or the Sonic. Or the Verano. Seriously. Never heard of them. For me, the Orion is a constellation; Sonic is a fast food chain with really good milk shakes; and, "verano" is an Italian word for "we don't serve Americans here." Or maybe Greek for "it's all over now."
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