AM General has announced that it plans to lay off 80 workers at its Hummer H2 plant in Mishawaka. AM General makes the Hummer H2 for General Motors. The layoffs are expected to take place over the next two to three weeks.
The Mishawaka plant already announced that it planned to reduce the number of Hummer H2s produced daily from 52 units to 35, set to take effect after Labor Day. The latest round of labor cuts will likely see that number dwindle to just 25 units per day, according to WSBT.
Although the news is bad for the 80 AM General plant workers, it doesn’t come as a shocker that the plant is making the cuts. SUV sales have seen a dramatic drop off since gas topped $4, with the Hummer brand seeing a 40 percent drop off. Although GM is not required to report fuel economy for the H2, the big ‘ute is one of the biggest gas hogs on the road, struggling to return 15 mpg on the highway.
