GM to End Chevy Bolt EV Production Next Year, Move Chinese Buick to US Plant

General Motors is shuffling where its vehicles are made in a move that will shift production away from China and Mexico and to a US plant in Kansas. This change will also mean the end of the rebooted Chevrolet Bolt EV, the only vehicle currently built at the Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas.

The factory musical chairs reflect an economic and political environment, shaped by the Trump administration’s pricing policy and its decision to end the federal EV tax credit, which provided up to $7,500 in rebates to qualifying electric vehicles. These changes have made it more expensive to build vehicles in China and Mexico that are then sold in the United States.

Production of the 2027 Chevy Bolt EV, which landed in dealerships this month, is expected to wrap up in about a year and a half. The new Chevy Bolt EV, priced at $29,990 including destination charge, is one of the most affordable new EVs available to US consumers.

GM confirmed to TechCrunch that the next-generation Buick Envision, currently built in China, will move to the Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas starting in 2028. The gas-powered Chevrolet Equinox, which is built at the San Luis Potosí plant in Mexico, will move to the Kansas plant in mid-2027.

The Bolt, meanwhile, will have a short lifespan if GM follows through with its previously announced plans.

“When we revealed the Bolt in October, we said and it was widely reported that it would be a limited-run model,” a GM spokesperson said in a statement sent to TechCrunch. “We’ve also previously announced that the gas-powered Equinox will come to Fairfax in mid-2027 after Bolt production drops. Today we’re announcing that the next-generation Buick compact SUV will come to Fairfax starting in 2028.”

The company still sells other electric vehicles, including an electric Chevy Equinox and the Chevy Blazer. The question is whether GM will reverse course and save the Bolt if sales are better than expected. We do know that GM has promised to make new future investments at Fairfax Assembly for its next generation of affordable electric vehicles. We just don’t know when.