Old flames: Flint scores new GM Volt plant
Flint, Michigan has been the subject of many documentaries that attempt to chronicle the slow and steady decline of the US auto industry. Now, it looks like Flint might be the town that kick-starts the electric car revolution. After the city approved tax breaks that will save the struggling automaker millions, GM announced that Flint will be the home of the new Volt engine plant.Not only will the people of Flint (Flintites? Flintonians?) be building the Volt's 1.4L turbocharged engines, but the widely anticipated Cruze compact sedan which GM so desperately needed last year. While the new plant will bring 300 new jobs, some still feel that GM owes its birthplace more, way more. If there's a silver lining to the energy crisis of 2008, it's got to be the potential for an American manufacturing renaissance. As all sort of car makers, renewable energy developers strive to get the nation off of foreign oil, we should see a major spike in manufacturing jobs.
[via Earth2Tech]
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