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Home/Energy/GM to close Brownstown battery plant when its lease ends next summer
?UNDER REVIEWBy Xavier Rivera·Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at 9:24 PM EDT·1 min read

GM to close Brownstown battery plant when its lease ends next summer

GM will close its Brownstown Battery Assembly plant near Detroit when the lease ends next summer. The site built packs for the Cadillac Celestiq and Corvette E-Ray, and GM says the move is about the lease, not its EV plans.

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General Motors will close its Brownstown Battery Assembly plant south of Detroit when the facility's lease expires next summer, the company confirmed.

GM says the closure is tied to the lease, not its EV strategy.

A GM spokesperson told TechCrunch the decision follows the approaching end of the lease. GM first confirmed the closure to Automotive News.

The plant served two low-volume electrified models.
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The 480,000-square-foot facility, opened in 2009, built battery packs for the Cadillac Celestiq and batteries and electric drive units for the Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray.

Staffing had already fallen to fewer than a dozen.
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The plant once employed about 300 people. GM notified affected workers earlier this year and is offering jobs at nearby facilities. GM is also evaluating new uses for a Detroit building originally meant for hydrogen fuel-cell production.
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