GM Canada

• Ontario electric vehicle plant set for production pause, job losses

  GM Canada says it is temporarily shuttering an Ontario production plant and cutting staff because demand for its electric delivery vehicles is lower than it predicted.

  Canada

  Apr 11
  
• GM Canada to build EV battery modules at CAMI Ingersoll facility, 300 new jobs

  The company said Tuesday that the new 400,000-square-foot facility will assemble modules for BrightDrop Zevo production at the CAMI Ingersoll, Ont., facility.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2023
  
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• 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
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• Toyota halts production at Ontario plants amid Ambassador Bridge blockades

  The Ambassador Bridge blockades have pushed Toyota to suspend its automotive assembly lines in Ontario, with other carmarkers also adjusting operations.

  Economy

  Feb 10, 2022
• Work at CAMI Ingersoll to resume Nov. 1, return to full production in December

  Mike Van Boekel with Unifor Local 88 says a skeleton crew will come in the week of Oct. 25 to get the lines filled and work out any bugs before a full shift begins Nov. 1.

  Canada

  Oct 14, 2021
• Canadian auto production ‘being hit hard’ by global semiconductor shortage

  Canada is expected to produce only about 1.2 million vehicles this year, down from 1.4 million last year and well off the 2.2 million yearly average for the decade up until 2019.

  Economy

  Oct 11, 2021
• 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
• GM to stop making Equinox at Canadian plant in April, will switch to electric vehicles

  General Motors Canada says it will take about four months to retool the CAMI plant and production of the EV600s is expected to begin in November 2022.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2021
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• GM Canada says Oshawa assembly plant restart ahead of schedule

  The company says truck production is now expected to begin in the fourth quarter of this year rather than its previous target of January 2022.

  Canada

  May 5, 2021
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• GM Canada reaches $1B tentative deal for electric vehicle manufacturing at Ingersoll CAMI plant

  Large-scale commercial production of BrightDrop EV 600s, an all-electric van, is set to begin next year, according to GM Canada.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2021