It is the automaker’s largest ever investment in an engine plant and the latest change involving electric vehicle propulsion production.

The sixth iteration of GM's small-block V-8 will be built in Buffalo, New York, and the engines will power future full-size trucks and SUVs.

The $888 million investment into the facility will bring new machinery and tools for producing the next iteration of the V-8, as well as renovations to the factory, GM said in a statement.

Outside New York, GM produces small block V-8 engines for its full-size trucks ... The company also laid off 200 employees at its Factory Zero in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan, in April to ...