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GM cutting jobs, idling Canadian electric van plant due to 'market demand'

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DETROIT — General Motors is cutting production of its all-electric 
BrightDrop delivery vans at a plant in Canada and will idle the facility 
through much of this year.

The plant will be reduced from two shifts to one shift — eliminating 500 
jobs — after being idled beginning next month for roughly 20 weeks until 
October. Battery pack assembly at the plant also will be down for two 
weeks before the prolonged shutdown.

The Detroit automaker on Friday confirmed the plans for its CAMI assembly 
plant in Ontario and said the decisions are not related to President 
Donald Trump’s tariffs.

“This adjustment is directly related to responding to market demand and 
re-balancing inventory. Production of BrightDrop and EV battery assembly 
will remain at CAMI,” GM said in an emailed statement.

Lana Payne, president of Canadian union Unifor, which represents workers 
at the plant, described the actions as a “crushing blow to hundreds of 
working families in Ingersoll and the surrounding region who depend on 
this plant.”

“General Motors must do everything in its power to mitigate job loss 
during this downturn, and all levels of government must step up to support 
Canadian auto workers and Canadian-made products,” Payne said in a 
release.

GM launched its BrightDrop vans as a fully owned subsidiary in 2021, 
before folding it into the company’s fleet business in 2023. It then 
folded BrightDrop into its Chevrolet brand in 2024.

GM had high expectations of making BrightDrop into a new, lucrative growth 
business for the automaker, but sales and revenue did not meet the 
company’s initial expectations.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/gm-cutting-jobs-idling-canadian-
electric-van-plant-due-market-demand-rcna200931

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