GM previously announced a $300 million investment to retool Tonawanda Propulsion near Buffalo, New York, to produce electric vehicle drive units.  Outside New York, GM produces small block V-8 engines for its full-size trucks and SUVs at two other locations ― Flint,

The Tonawanda Propulsion plant will make V-8 powerplants that GM says will have better fuel economy and lower emissions.

General Motors is investing heavily into a New York plant that will produce its next generation of V-8 engines that will go into trucks and SUVs.