Test Driving the Chevy Spark EV Built in White Marsh

White Marsh can be proud to say that it is home to the first and currently only General Motors plant that is producing parts for the all-American made, all-electric car—the Chevrolet Spark EV. 

Production began last week, but since Monday is Earth Day, it just felt right to share now. And a familiar face was there to cover the hoopla. 

"The General Motors Baltimore Operations plant in White Marsh recently became the first American factory to produce these parts that previously would have been imported from foreign factories," Emily Kimball, senior digital news editor at the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, wrote.

"State, labor and company officials celebrated production, and test drove prototype vehicles, at the plant on Tuesday afternoon," Kimball said. 

See photos and read more from Kimball about the ceremony here. 

The Baltimore Business Journal published a photo gallery from inside the GM factory.

Meanwhile, The Sun's Jamie Smith Hopkins took an in-depth look at the at the environmentally friendly Spark.  

What do you think of being so close to the home of, perhaps, the automobile of the future? Tell us in the comments section below. 

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