FLINT, Mich. — As General Motors ramps up electric vehicle production over the next several years, the automaker is working to show employees that they have a role in the EV future, its top manufacturing executive said.
"Two things that we're very focused on: One is utilizing our assets, and the other is making sure that we bring all of our employees with us on the transition," Johnson said."That'll look different for every facility. But that's still the strategy that we're working to and we'll keep working to as we go through this transformation."
Have you heard concerns that building EVs may not require as many workers as building an internal combustion vehicle? There's legitimate new pieces, but our work force has learned new things for 100 years. It is not new to learn how to do something different in this space. We have flexible skilled employees. And there's nothing more flexible than a human being. If you can teach them, show them, train them, they'll do well with it. That's exactly what we have done and intend to do.