GM stops electric commercial van production at Ingersoll, Ont. plant

General Motors says they are ending production of its BrightDrop electric delivery van at the assembly plant in Ingersoll.

Production at the southwestern Ontario plant has been paused since May when GM said demand was slowing in the market of commercial electric vehicles.

GM says the decision does not come as a result of tariffs or trade but a “market-driven response.”

The company confirmed that this means the BrightDrop vehicles will no longer be made. Putting an end to a vehicle once thought to be Ontario’s place at the table in the growing electric-vehicle industry.

This update from GM is a huge blow to the 1,200 workers at the plant many of whom have been laid off since production paused.

It is unclear what this means for the plant in the future but the BrightDrop vans are the last vehicle to be built at this plant.

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