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GM seen as unlikely to spend the money needed to retool the plant amid Canada's trade war with the United States, one industry veteran says.
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The facility is Ingersoll’s largest ratepayer, accounting for about 12 per cent of the tax base, Brian Petrie said.
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Weak sales have prompted GM to end production of an electric cargo van in Ingersoll, casting the future of hundreds of workers into limbo.
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Southwestern Ontario’s auto sector received another blow on Tuesday after General Motors (GM) Canada announced it was ending the production of its BrightDrop electric-vehicle cargo van, which was assembled at the Cami plant in Ingersoll. The company said the decision to end production is the result of poor sales of
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Workers at the Cami Assembly plant in Ingersoll are being squeezed by slow uptake of EV vehicles and a trade war started by the U.S.
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“They don’t want to piss off (U.S. President Donald) Trump so they are buying from the U.S," said the head of the union representing workers.
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Hit hard by slow sales and trade turmoil with the U.S., hundreds of jobs are on the line at Ingersoll’s Cami automotive assembly plant, which is set to reopen in November from a lengthy shutdown. The Ingersoll manufacturer of electric commercial vans has been shuttered since spring, and union officials
A London automotive parts plant is shutting down, hurt by the extended closing of the Cami Assembly plant in Ingersoll. Qualtech Seating Systems, a Magna plant, will shut down in October, the company said in a statement. The plant employs 49 people. “Magna confirms it has communicated to employees at
Toyota will assemble electric batteries at its Ontario plants, adding to the concentration of electric vehicle investment in Southwestern Ontario.
Get ready for the sticker shock slowdown. The price of Canadian-made vehicles hitting U.S. dealer lots after tariffs are applied will rise between $2,500 and $15,000, depending on the model, says a recent report from a U.S. business consulting group. That price jump may slow sales of vehicles made here, and see automakers cut production […]
Governments at all levels are being urged to buy Ingersoll-made commercial vans to support workers here as fears rise over fallout from the U.S. trade and tariff war.