GM to Hire 100 for Electric Car Battery Plant

General Motors will invest $43 million in Brownstown Township, Michigan, to create a plant to manufacture lithium-ion battery packs for the Chevrolet Volt.

The plant will create more than 100 advanced-technology jobs. Production is expected to begin in 2010.

GM is getting $241 million in Federal, state and local incentives.

General Motors Corporation is a global automaker founded in 1908, with headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. It is the world’s second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2007.