General Motors announced Wednesday that it will end production of the gasoline-powered Chevrolet Malibu later this year to make way for new electric vehicles.
GM has sold more than 10 million Malibu cars worldwide since 1964 and will end production in November.
The Detroit automaker is investing $390 million in a Kansas assembly plant to build the next-generation Chevrolet Bolt EV.
GM stopped production of the previous-generation Bolt in December.
In recent years, GM has focused on building more crossovers and sport utility vehicles instead of cars.
The Malibu is the last Chevrolet vehicle sold in the United States other than the Corvette. GM ended production of the Chevrolet Camaro late last year.
GM separately announced Wednesday that it will pause production of the Cadillac XT4 in Kansas after January 2025, resulting in production of both the Bolt EV and XT4 on the same assembly line resuming in late 2025. announced that it would be laying off production employees.
Malibu sales fell 12.5% in the first three months of this year, but are expected to increase 13% to 130,000 units in 2023.
