The move is temporary, and will help the company align production to match EV demand, a GM spokesman said.

General Motors’ electric vehicle manufacturing plant Factory Zero, in Detroit-Hamtramck, will partially shut down first and second shift production temporarily beginning Sept. 2, the company told employees Aug. 27 in a memo obtained by the Detroit Free Press.

Production of the GMC Hummer EV and Cadillac Escalade IQ will be impacted, the company confirmed.

Production is slated to stop the day after Labor Day and resume Oct. 6. Meanwhile, the temporary layoff in place for second-shift production also is going to be extended until Oct. 6. The move impacts approximately 360 employees.

“Factory Zero is making temporary adjustments to production to align to market dynamics,” GM spokesma

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