[travwill]

June 27 to July 22 shutdown of Factory Zero - so we would expect all Hummer builds to pause for a good month now? UG!

GM's Hummer plant to idle for expanded EV production prep

Factory Zero will be down from June 27 through July 22 to install tooling, machinery and equipment for additional electric truck production.

www.autonews.com

 

[Dark-Fx]

June 27 to July 22 shutdown of Factory Zero - so we would expect all Hummer builds to pause for a good month now? UG!

GM's Hummer plant to idle for expanded EV production prep

Factory Zero will be down from June 27 through July 22 to install tooling, machinery and equipment for additional electric truck production.

www.autonews.com

Must be re-tooling for the Silverado? Or could be the Origin? I can't recall if that was supposed to get its own line. IIRC those two are supposed to start production at about the same time.

 

[Nebula1701]

Sounds like they are expanding the production line faster than planned from the initial slow pilot line they were using for the Edition 1.

 

[Oakwood]

Must be re-tooling for the Silverado? Or could be the Origin? I can't recall if that was supposed to get its own line. IIRC those two are supposed to start production at about the same time.

My guess is a combination of ramping up truck production and getting ready for SUV production as well.

 

[Tom E-Tron]

My guess is a combination of ramping up truck production and getting ready for SUV production as well.

The press release explains it, Summer Break, preparing for increased production, and future products including SilveradoE.

I wonder if this will also be model year changeover? Are all the ED1's assembled?

 

[Calvin2518]

Here's a non-paywalled article from Fox Business.

Looks like (according to the article), the shut down is purely to re-tool to increase production. So that's hopeful!

GM idling electric truck factory for 4 weeks to increase its capacity

General Motors is idling production at its Factory ZERO plant in order to retool and increase its capacity to build more electric pickups and SUVs.

www.foxbusiness.com

 

[Calvin2518]

I wonder if this will also be model year changeover? Are all the ED1's assembled?

That would be fantastic if all 1,200 ED1's were already built! The news about the recent price increase and about the configurator going live soon has me guessing you're probably right and they're gearing up for EV3X production... which would be SWEET!

My dealer is getting (2) ED1's for test drive units that are supposed to arrive (from the dealer) in Fall. I wonder if they'll actually just be EV3X's that are upgraded to the same spec as the ED1 and white.

 

[Nebula1701]

The press release explains it, Summer Break, preparing for increased production, and future products including SilveradoE.

I wonder if this will also be model year changeover? Are all the ED1's assembled?

Edition Ones should have both a 22 and 23 model year according to GM's site.

 

[Tom E-Tron]

That would be fantastic if all 1,200 ED1's were already built! The news about the recent price increase and about the configurator going live soon has me guessing you're probably right and they're gearing up for EV3X production... which would be SWEET!

My dealer is getting (2) ED1's for test drive units that are supposed to arrive (from the dealer) in Fall. I wonder if they'll actually just be EV3X's that are upgraded to the same spec as the ED1 and white.

ED1's are a upgraded 3X, and titled that way

 

[Tom E-Tron]

Edition Ones should have both a 22 and 23 model year according to GM's site.

this would be about the time for model year changeover, have to wait and see..

 

[Nebula1701]

I believe 23 model year is when Extract mode was to become available.

 

[Nebula1701]

https://gmauthority.com/blog/2022/06/gm-to-idle-factory-zero-plant-for-future-product-upgrades/

 

[Macadoo]

Please GM, send me the built email prior to the 27th!!!

 

[Gsolct]

Now my car industry logistical knowledge is limited but it’s not like this would be spur of the moment? This would have probably been in the works for months so could it be they plan to finish off the summer reservations and or ED1 reservations before the shut down?

It seems probable to me that they would planning on taking the pause after a milestone of some sort and not just randomly.

 

[Dark-Fx]

Now my car industry logistical knowledge is limited but it’s not like this would be spur of the moment? This would have probably been in the works for months so could it be they plan to finish off the summer reservations and or ED1 reservations before the shut down?

It seems probable to me that they would planning on taking the pause after a milestone of some sort and not just randomly.

Could be a parts shortage instead of a milestone.

 

[Nebula1701]

Now my car industry logistical knowledge is limited but it’s not like this would be spur of the moment? This would have probably been in the works for months so could it be they plan to finish off the summer reservations and or ED1 reservations before the shut down?

It seems probable to me that they would planning on taking the pause after a milestone of some sort and not just randomly.

They are doing it during their normal Summer shut down.
GM's traditional Summer shut down is between June 28 to July 9 .

 

[Gsolct]

They are doing it during their normal Summer shut down.
GM's traditional Summer shut down is between June 28 to July 9 .

I had forgotten all about that it’s when as a kid my friends families would take me up north to the cabins for a couple weeks over the fourth.

 

[Tom E-Tron]

Could be a parts shortage instead of a milestone.

I think SilveradoE production is going to get pulled ahead, would not be surprised to see a batch of pre production models built during the shut down, and extra battery supply diverted to Lyriq, to get the launch edition models built.

 

[Tom E-Tron]

Please GM, send me the built email prior to the 27th!!!

Are you an ED1 reservation holder? What was your estimated build season?

 

[Bboozer1]

That would be fantastic if all 1,200 ED1's were already built! The news about the recent price increase and about the configurator going live soon has me guessing you're probably right and they're gearing up for EV3X production... which would be SWEET!

My dealer is getting (2) ED1's for test drive units that are supposed to arrive (from the dealer) in Fall. I wonder if they'll actually just be EV3X's that are upgraded to the same spec as the ED1 and white.

I stopped by my dealership today and finally got to talk to someone who was slightly knowledgeable. He said that they had 1 - ED1 coming and it was the owners and he got it through the regular online registration just like anyone else and they had a second one coming that would be a floor model. He said that they weren't expecting either of them until the Fall...

He did say that if you had already reserved one that they would be selling at MSRP, but if they had stock inventory (which I doubt would happen for some time) then there would probably be a market adjustment...