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NUMMI was a success, but that success was not replicated at other GM plants. NUMMI closed during the recession as GM discontinued brands like Pontiac due to sev
by dharmab 6y ago
NUMMI was a success, but that success was not replicated at other GM plants. NUMMI closed during the recession as GM discontinued brands like Pontiac due to severely reduced demand.
Today a large part of the land is a Tesla factory.
- vvanders 6y agoYeah, they cover it pretty well in the podcast. By the numbers NUMMI did well however to achieve those figures they upended many traditional roles and couldn't get the leadership in GM to get on board. There's a great little footnote at the end of the podcast about a small upstart company buying the plant with the vision of building electric cars in the future.