EARLY this month, General Motors (GM) began to build factories that will be the first electric motor production facility operated by the United States's biggest carmaker that. Factory which was established not far from Baltimore, Maryland is dedicated to making important components required by electric vehicles.
The facility was built with an investment worth U.S. $ 244.5 million complex will stand on land the GM in Baltimore, bordering the Allison Transmission plant in White Marsh, Maryland.
The plant is scheduled to be completed in 2013, will operate the first time to produce electric motors for vehicles and plug-in hybrid GM's next generation. The factory is expected to employ about 190 employees in its operations.
Electric motor component manufacturing facility uses the most electricity generated by rooftop solar power plant capable of producing a power of 1.23 mega-watt. Power generated by solar panels is expected to contribute 9% of the energy needed factory.
GM Plant in Baltimore is known differently because it uses renewable energy and produces no waste. Therefore, this plant was awarded status as a plant with zero waste in 2007. All waste generated during the plant operates every day, will be sent to the recycling process, reused or converted into energy. LATEST CAR NEWS
