Electric vehicles

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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.

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

Canada can't hope to lead in a vital global industry by shutting itself off from competition, a McMaster University prof says

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.

A fire last week in a Lion Electric school bus in Quebec prompted an inspection of all of the company's buses

Volkswagen’s electric battery division is adding workers and creating a training program for area schools to prepare an EV workforce

he subsidiary of Volkswagen is recruiting thousands of workers for its plant in St. Thomas

Toyota will assemble electric batteries at its Ontario plants, adding to the concentration of electric vehicle investment in Southwestern Ontario.

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.

Cami-made cargo vans are filling parking lots in the U.S. and observers are wondering if sales are slow for the fully electric vehicles, or if GM is stockpiling to avoid looming tariffs on Canadian-made vehicles

The bankruptcy of a Volkswagen partner in electric vehicle battery production will not threaten the automaker’s St. Thomas investment, industry experts say. The development does, however, demonstrate increasing volatility in the EV sector during this high-tariff automotive environment, and the $7-billion PowerCo EV battery plant in Southwestern Ontario may face future delays, they said. Northvolt, […]