New United Motor Manufacturing

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New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (short NUMMI ) was a joint venture of the companies General Motors and Toyota in California's Fremont ( USA ).

history

NUMMI (January 2010)

The plant was opened in 1962 by the automobile manufacturer General Motors as the Fremont Assembly . From 1963 passenger cars of the brands Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick and Oldsmobile as well as pick-ups from Chevrolet and GMC for the western USA were produced here. This plant had severe deficits in the areas of quality, productivity, sick leave and worker safety compared to other GM plants.

From 1984 the plant was operated as a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota under the name New United Motor Manufacturing Incorporated (NUMMI). As part of this collaboration, Toyota introduced new working methods in this former GM plant. During its bankruptcy in 2009, GM withdrew from this joint venture. Tacoma manufacturing was relocated to TMMTX in Texas and helped secure that location. The last vehicle at NUMMI was produced on April 1st, 2010.

A major problem was the insufficient utilization of the plant. In addition, NUMMI was the only Toyota factory in the US where the workforce was unionized.

By the time the plant closed, almost 2 million vehicles had been produced. The models produced included the Chevrolet Nova , the Pontiac Vibe , the Toyota Tacoma and the Toyota Corolla . Most recently, around 4,500 to 4,700 people were employed at NUMMI.

In May 2010, the plant was purchased by Tesla Motors for $ 42 million . Today it is the location of the Tesla Factory .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Earth turned for GM Plant , in: The Argus, September 20, 1961. p. 1.
  2. ↑ Fremont Assembly Plant, Fremont CA at www.ultra-high-compression.com.
  3. ↑ a b c d David Kiley: Goodbye, NUMMI: How a Plant Changed the Culture of Car-Making , in: Popular Mechanics of April 2, 2010.
  4. ↑ a b c Frank Langfitt: The End Of The Line For GM-Toyota Joint Venture , on: npr.org of March 26, 2010.
  5. ↑ Ben Gomes-Casseres: Nummi: What Toyota Learned and GM Didn't , in Harvard Business Review of September 1, 2009.
  6. ↑ Toyota moving Tacoma production to San Antonio ( Memento from August 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) from August 28, 2009.
  7. ↑ Stuart Pfeifer: Toyota and NUMMI sue GM entity, alleging breach of contract , in Los Angeles Times of December 2, 2010.
  8. ↑ Tiffany Hsu: NUMMI auto plant workers vote on severance deal in: Los Angeles Times, March 18, 2010.
  9. ↑ Lisa Sibley: Tesla officially replaces NUMMI in Fremont , in the Silicon Valley Business Journal of October 27, 2010.

Coordinates: 37 ° 29 ′ 39.5 ″  N , 121 ° 56 ′ 30.5 ″  W.