General Motors Co. announced plans to invest $1.3 billion in five factories so they can manufacture pickup trucks with more fuel-efficient engines and technologies.
GM said the money will go to the Flint, Mich., assembly plant; an engine plant in Romulus, Mich.; a transmission factory in Toledo, Ohio; and a casting plant in Bedford, Ind.
"These investments add up to higher quality and more fuel-efficient vehicles for our customers," GM North America President Mark Reuss said in a statement.
GM said about $600 million will go to the Flint factory for a new paint shop and other upgrades. The plant makes the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks.
The company has now announced more than $10.1 billion in investments in U.S. operations since emerging from bankruptcy protection in 2009.
