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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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“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.
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.
Tariffs landed with a thud in Ontario’s industrial heartland Thursday, shuttering one major automaker and spreading uncertainty among smaller automotive parts suppliers across the London. The U.S. held to its pledge to punish manufacturers shipping goods south of the border, charging a 25 per cent tariff on automobiles, tariffs on some automotive parts in addition […]
A Korean automotive giant is looking for a foothold in the Canadian auto industry and Cami Assembly in Ingersoll just might be it.
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
Trump tariffs poised to hammer Canada’s auto industry could slash the London region automotive workforce by half, as the cost of exports to the U.S. will spike, industry observers say. With more than 20,000 employed in the automotive sector here, about 10,000 jobs may be lost within weeks of tariffs being imposed, they said. That […]
U.S. President Donald Trump's 30-day pause on tariffs on Canada-made vehicles did little to ease concerns in the London region's auto sector