General Motors

• GM to manufacture drive units for electric vehicles in St. Catharines

  General Motors is close to an agreement with the federal and Ontario governments to manufacture its Ultium drive units for a fast-growing electric vehicle lineup.

  Economy

  Feb 21
  
• Ontario Power Generation buying GM Canada’s former head office building

  Financial terms of the deal were not immediately available.

  Canada

  Feb 13
  
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• Unifor members to elect new national president in Toronto this week

  Monday will kick off the start of the union's constitutional convention where elections for Dias' successor, the next secretary-treasurer and regional directors will take place.

  Canada

  Aug 7, 2022
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• GM has nearly 100,000 vehicles sitting idle, waiting for parts amid supply crunch

  The Detroit-based automaker, however, is still expected to be the top new vehicle seller in the quarter, according to Cox Automotive

  World

  Jul 1, 2022
• Looking to buy a new car? Wait times could stretch up to 2023, experts say

  Along with supply chain problems, one of the main reasons for the delay in vehicle deliveries is due to the global chip shortage.

  Consumer

  May 1, 2022
• Ontario, feds to each spend $259M to help transform GM plants in Oshawa, Ingersoll

  The Ontario and federal governments will each spend $259 million to help General Motors Canada support and transform the company’s Oshawa and CAMI manufacturing plants.

  Canada

  Apr 4, 2022
• GM and POSCO to build plant in Quebec to produce battery material for electric cars

  The companies say the new facility in Bécancour, Que., will cost US$400 million. It will produce cathode active materials (CAM) for GM's Ultium batteries.

  Environment

  Mar 7, 2022
• General Motors restarts truck production at Oshawa, Ont. assembly plant

  General Motors says the first Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck on the retooled line was completed Wednesday and that trucks will start shipping to dealers in December.

  Consumer

  Nov 10, 2021
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• GM Canada to produce second, smaller electric BrightDrop van at CAMI Ingersoll facility

  Large scale-production of the BrightDrop EV600 is expected to begin at CAMI in November 2022, with EV410 production set to begin in 2023.

  Economy

  Sep 29, 2021
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• General Motors cutting North American truck production amid semiconductor shortage

  Several analysts have previously estimated that the shortage could cost the global automotive industry $110 billion in revenue in 2021.

  Economy

  Jul 21, 2021