General Motors Co. and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. equally will together invest $85 million to expand their fuel-cell partnership into a new manufacturing venture in southeast Michigan, the companies announced Monday.
Fuel Cell System Manufacturing LLC — the auto industry’s first joint venture for fuel-cell manufacturing — will operate inside GM’s battery pack assembly plant in Brownstown Township. The companies plan to mass-produce a hydrogen fuel-cell system to be used in vehicles from each company starting around 2020. The work is expected to create nearly 100 new jobs, the company said.
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