General Motors Co. temporarily laid off 1,300 workers at its FactoryZero electric vehicle plant in another sign of sluggish demand for battery-powered cars, the company confirmed Monday.

Workers at the plant on the border of Detroit and Hamtramck were laid off March 16 and are set to return April 13.

"Factory ZERO will temporarily adjust production to align EV production with market demand," spokesperson Kevin Kelly said in a statement. "Impacted employees will be placed on a temporary layoff and may be eligible for subpay and benefits in accordance with the GM-UAW national contract."

The layoffs follow a steep drop off in EV sales after Republicans last year ended a $7,500 tax credit for EV buyers and lessees. As GM pares back EV production to meet tepid natural demand, the Detroit automaker and its crosstown rival Ford Motor Co. are also upping production of gas-powered pickups.

GM in October announced plans to lay off 3,400 workers at EV and battery plants to right-size production and scale back losses on EVs.

GM's other recent EV pullbacks include the cancellation of BrightDrop electric delivery vans, new plans to build the next-generation gas-engine Cadillac CT5 midsize sedan at a Lansing plant instead of planned EVs, and a complete reversal of plans to make EV drive units at a transmission plant in Toledo.

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