One of the world's largest automakers General Motors Company (GM) has announced that it's increasing production at several North America assembly plants in response to increased sales. The company will add shifts, overtime and reinstate forecasted down weeks at selected facilities. GM is expected to call back its 1,350 employees to assembly lines.
"We are running our plants to maintain maximum flexibility and keep production tightly aligned with customer demand," said Tim Lee, GM group vice president. "The uptick is an encouraging sign that vehicle sales are turning around, and we will ramp up quickly to meet that demand."
In July and August, the popular Cash for Clunkers program generated substantial demand for a broad range of fuel efficient vehicles within GM.
As SteelOrbis previously reported, the "Cash for Clunkers" program, called the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), is designed to help the US economy and environment by spurring new car or truck sales. Car owners can receive federal subsidies worth $3,500 to $4,500 to be applied to the purchase of new domestic or foreign cars that achieve significantly higher gas mileage. The program took effect a week before the end of the July sales period.