General Motors announced Thursday that it will end production of the gasoline-powered Cadillac XT4 in January as production shifts to electric vehicles at its Kansas plant.
The Detroit automaker is investing $390 million in a Fairfax, Kansas, assembly plant to build the next-generation Chevrolet Bolt EV. GM plans to end production of the Chevrolet Malibu this month.
GM announced in May that it would produce both the Bolt EV and XT4 on the same assembly line when it resumes production in Kansas in 2025, but now it plans to produce only the Bolt. GM stopped production of the previous-generation Volt in December 2023.
GM's XT4 vehicle sales fell 12% this year to 17,807 units.
GM announced in September that it would lay off 1,695 employees at its Fairfax plant. GM announced that the first of two phases will begin Nov. 18 and will affect 686 full-time employees and lay off 250 temporary employees.
GM said 759 full-time employees will be laid off in the second phase, which begins Jan. 12. GM plans to bring back full-time employees once Bolt production resumes at the plant in late 2025.
GM has sold more than 10 million Malibu units worldwide since 1964.
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.
