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Thursday, February 16, 2012

GM plant: Jobs coming from Mexico to Baltimore County - baltimoresun.com

GM plant: Jobs coming from Mexico to Baltimore County - baltimoresun.com: Workers peered through safety goggles as they fitted together parts of the electric motors they were building on a General Motors assembly line in White Marsh.

For now, the parts are made in a factory in Mexico and then shipped to Baltimore County for assembly. But not for long.

By the end of the year, motors for cutting-edge electric vehicles will be built from scratch in a sprawling $244 million plant under construction next to GM's factory, now called General Motors Baltimore Operations.

About 189 workers will be hired to build the motors for a new generation of plug-in electric and hybrid vehicles, joining the 220 employees at the existing plant. The new plant's first order of business will be building motors for the Chevrolet Spark, a five-door mini-car with a hatch that GM plans to roll out in 2013, according to a company spokeswoman.

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