is kicking production of its electric pickup trucks at its down the road for a year as it deals with “evolving ,” according to . The move may be a sign that in the near future just isn’t as strong as automakers were predicting.

Originally, GM had scheduled production of its and to start in late 2024 at the plant, but now those plans have been pushed back a whole year to late 2025. The shift is reportedly being due to a need for “better manage capital investment while aligning with ,” a GM spokesperson told Reuters. Basically, that means there in yet. However, the automaker says the move won’t impact its battery plant plans.

About 1,000 employees at the plant will be able to transfer to other assembly plants in Michigan, including which already builds the Silverado EV and and . Next year, it’ll start making the Sierra EV as well.

that the early adoption era is pretty much over for EVs – and those are the sort of folks who would probably want these . Now, automakers are sort of scrambling to figure out what to do as unsold EVs begin to pile up at dealerships. Perhaps if they were making electric vehicles folks like you and I could afford, there wouldn’t be such an issue. Perhaps perhaps, if wasn’t dogshit folks would be more inclined to adopt, but what do I know?

Anyway, a spokesperson for GM told that the decision wasn’t related to ongoing contract talks with the United Auto Workers union. The during labor negotiations. Some analysts reportedly worry that a more costly deal with UAW members could impact the company’s spending plans.

Despite the news about truck production pushbacks, GM says it still plans to significantly raise EV production in 2024 by including a new shift at Factory Zero. That being said, its most popular and cheapest EV offering, the first generation , is going to way of the dodo bird at the end of this year.