According to Reuters, the company announced on Wednesday that it would recruit more than 8,000 new technical employees this year as General Motors accelerated the development of electric vehicles and software-driven services.
GM said it is expanding its teams responsible for vehicle electrification, developing automotive software and autonomous technologies, and fuel cell engineering.
The day before, GM announced more than $7 billion in investments at four production sites in Michigan. The investment is expected to significantly increase automakers' production capacity for batteries and electric trucks at these plants and add about 4,000 new jobs.
The investment includes the construction of a new Ultium Cells battery cell plant in Lansing and the transformation of GM's assembly plant in Orion, Michigan, to produce the Chevrolet Silverado EV and the electric GMC Sierra.
GM aims to build 650,000 electric pickups by 2025. Recently launched and unveiled electric vehicles include GMC Hummer Electric Vehicles, Cadillac LYRIQs, Chevrolet Equinox Electric Vehicles and Chevrolet Silverado Electric Vehicles.
The Detroit automaker's far-reaching plan is to create the broadest portfolio of electric vehicles among all automakers and become the leader in electric vehicles in the United States by the middle of a decade.
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