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By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n

\"GM<\/a><\/p>\n

GM Performance and Racing Center – Pontiac MI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

More than one year after announcing a $200 million investment<\/a> to build a new 138,000-square-foot test wing in suburban Detroit, General Motors broke ground on a race engine design and development facility at its world powertrain headquarters in Pontiac, MI, the company announced recently.<\/p>\n

The GM Performance and Racing Center (GMPRC) will also include an electric motor laboratory and gear center. The state-of-the-art facility is expected to continue to develop the most successful race engines for Chevrolet and Cadillac, while connecting its race engineers with GM\u2019s global powertrain engineering teams to come up with more efficient and durable powertrains.<\/p>\n

According to information from the motor company, the 85,000-square-foot GMPRC will become operational in mid-2015, when around 100 engineers and technicians from GM\u2019s race engineering center in Wixom, MI, are expected to relocate to the new facility. At full build-out in early 2016, the new performance and racing center will employ 400 people coming from GM\u2019s soon-to-be-closed facilities in Michigan (Warren), Indiana (Castleton) and California (Torrance)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe GM Performance and Racing Center will serve as a resource to help our race teams and drivers continue to win races and championships,\u201d said Jim Campbell, U.S. vice president, Performance Vehicles and Motorsports, in a press statement. \u201cIt will also help advance technical sharing between racing and production engine programs,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Located at 777 Joslyn Avenue in Pontiac, the 450,000-square-foot GM Powertrain World Headquarters is one of the largest and most technically advanced powertrain development centers in the world. The center brings together more than 3,500 employees working on the design and development of engines, transmissions, hybrid and electric powertrains, and fuel cell technologies.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, GM is currently working on its second supercomputing facility in Metro Detroit which is expected to open officially in about two months. Construction at the GM Milford Proving Ground data center<\/a> began in May 2013, shortly after the first facility opened in Warren. Totaling $546 million in equipment and infrastructure investment, the two data centers will oversee the company\u2019s IT operations globally while ensuring a smarter and faster work environment.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/strong> <\/a>for more market data on Detroit.<\/p>\n

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Rendering courtesy of General Motors<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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