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(Bloomberg) — General Motors Co. is ending production of electric delivery vans at a plant in southern Ontario, dealing another blow to a Canadian auto sector that is hemorrhaging jobs.
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The automaker is stopping the assembly line that made BrightDrop vans in the town of Ingersoll, Ontario. The future of the CAMI plant was already in doubt after GM announced in April it would halt production for months because of weak demand. It sold just 274 of them in the first quarter.
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“A changing regulatory environment and the elimination of tax credits in the United States have made the business even more challenging,” GM said in a statement Tuesday. “The decision is part of broader adjustments the company is making to North America EV capacity.” It’s not moving production of the van to the US.
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The company said it will speak with the union and the Canadian and Ontario governments about the future of the factory, which lies about halfway between Detroit and Toronto.
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Canada’s auto sector sells most of its production to the US market and has been severely hurt by President Donald Trump’s tariffs and hostility to foreign auto imports.
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Last week, Stellantis NV ended plans to manufacture the Jeep Compass SUV at its plant near Toronto, putting 3,000 direct jobs on the line and many more at nearby suppliers. The Canadian government has threatened legal action against the automaker: Industry Minister Melanie Joly said she would consider Stellantis in “default” in light of government support extended to the automaker.
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Stellantis plans to make that vehicle at a plant in Illinois instead.
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