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General Motors will invest $700 million in Ohio, creating 450 new jobs, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday via tweet.
GM will also sell the massive auto assembly plant in Lordstown that it had closed down in March after 52 years producing 16 million vehicles.
Workhorse Group, an electric vehicle company based in Cincinnati, will purchase the facility to build electric trucks, “subject to a UAW agreement etc.,” wrote Trump.
While the Lordstown plant has not been actively producing vehicles since early March, GM spokesman Dan Flores said at the time that the 6.2 million square foot plant would remain in a "state of readiness."
“I have been working nicely with GM to get this done,” wrote Trump, while also thanking GM Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra and state lawmakers. “Thank you to Mary B, your GREAT Governor, and Senator Rob Portman. With all the car companies coming back, and much more, THE USA IS BOOMING!"