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General Motors investing $691M in St. Catharines engine plant
General Motors says it will spend $691 million on its St. Catharines Propulsion Plant to support production of its latest V-8 engines for full-sized trucks and sports utility vehicles (SUV).
The automaker said in a statement Wednesday that the St. Catharines plant will be the third location to produce the sixth generation of the engine.
Production on that model will work along with the Tonawanda Propulsion plant in Buffalo, N.Y. and Flint Engine Operations in Flint, Mich.
The St. Catharines investment is part of General Motors Canada’s broad manufacturing commitments, including the $343 million investment in a plant in Oshawa — originally $280 million was announced in June 2023, with an additional $63 million pledged earlier in February.
GM Canada president Jack Uppal says in a news release that the investment confirms St. Catharines’ role in one of its core vehicle programs for years to come.
The automaker has also been investing in its plant in Oshawa, Ont. that produces pickup trucks, though the company also moved the plant from three shifts to two at the end of January.
GM’s CAMI assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ont. is sitting idle after it ended production of its electric delivery van last year.
With files from The Canadian Press.
