The belief of 2020 was that the yr can be a washout when it got here to automakers making massive, new investments in meeting vegetation. Given the cataclysm of the coronavirus pandemic, the halt in {industry} manufacturing, the crash of the U.S. financial system, the scramble for money reserves, the brand new uncertainty over the well being and security of business workplaces and the very actual worry that People can be in no hurry to purchase a brand new automobile, it was logical that no person wanted to spend cash on an auto manufacturing unit.

However issues turned out otherwise.

Regardless of the early worries, automakers pressed forward with new investments, expansions, retoolings and undeveloped land in 2020. These have been the biggest initiatives within the January-November interval, as tabulated by the Heart for Automotive Analysis of Ann Arbor, Mich., for its industry-tracking Ebook of Offers database.

$1.45 billion
Ford: Oakville, Ontario
Retooling and preparation for manufacturing of battery-electric automobiles

$1.2 billion
FCA: Windsor, Ontario
Retooling and preparation for the manufacturing of plug-in hybrids and battery-powered automobiles

$1.1 billion
Tesla: Austin, Texas
A producing plant on undeveloped land to provide the Tesla Cybertruck, Semi, Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y for the jap half of North America

$1 billion
Basic Motors: Spring Hill, Tenn.
An growth to introduce manufacturing of electrical automobiles, together with the all-new Cadillac Lyriq

$1 billion
Basic Motors: Oshawa, Ontario
Capital funding for retooling to implement a brand new, versatile meeting module for the manufacturing of industrial quality and light-duty T1XX pickups

$830 million
Mazda Toyota Manufacturing USA: Huntsville, Ala.
Further funding on the plant undertaking to include new manufacturing applied sciences into manufacturing strains and supply enhanced coaching for its work drive

$170 million
Toyota Motor Corp.: Apaseo el Grande, Guanajuato, Mexico
Further funding to increase capability on the newly opened Corolla meeting plant so as to add the Tacoma pickup

$158 million
Subaru of Indiana Automotive: Lafayette, Ind.
Enlargement of producing, addition of transmission meeting and building of a brand new service elements facility

$115 million
Ford Motor Co.: Windsor, Ontario
Funding in two powertrain vegetation, Windsor Engine and Essex Engine, to launch a brand new 6.8L engine in 2022 at Windsor, and to reinforce manufacturing of 5.0-liter engines and Nano cylinder heads at Essex

$100 million
Basic Motors: Lansing, Mich.
Retooling for manufacturing of the GMC Acadia

$85 million
Basic Motors: St. Catharines, Ontario
Funding to change the meeting plant and manufacturing tooling to introduce a brand new transmission and variants

$53 million
Mercedes-Benz U.S. Worldwide: Vance, Ala.
Building of a storage and sequence facility for elements used within the plant’s coming U.S. manufacturing of EVs

$46 million
Arrival: Rock Hill, S.C.
Automobile meeting plant on undeveloped land for the U.Ok.-based producer of electrical buses

$39 million
Basic Motors: Toledo, Ohio
Improve and enhancement within the manufacturing of GM’s eight-speed rear-wheel-drive transmissions

$39 million
FCA: Brampton, Ontario
Upgrades in present meeting operation

$32 million
Basic Motors: Defiance, Ohio
Further funding to help engine part casting

$32 million
Basic Motors: Flint, Mich.
Enlargement for manufacturing of industrial quality Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups

Supply: Heart for Automotive Analysis, Ebook of Offers. January-November 2020