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Monday, August 27, 2012

ALERT: GM to idle Volt plant for 4 weeks, sources say

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August 27, 2012

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GM to idle Volt plant for 4 weeks, sources say
Mike Colias

GM plans to idle the plant where it assembles the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid for four weeks starting next month, two people familiar with the plans said. GM will close its Detroit-Hamtramck plant from Sept. 17 until Oct. 15, one of the sources said. Union representatives last week told the plant's roughly 1,500 workers about the scheduled downtime, the source said.

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This is the second time this year that GM has throttled back on Volt production. The Detroit-Hamtramck plant was idled from March 19 until April 16. (BLOOMBERG)