Ottawa- General Motors, the world’s largest automaker, inaugurated Canada’s first full-scale electric car production on Monday, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in attendance. The assembly facility in Ingersoll, Ontario, had been retooled with funds from the federal and provincial governments totaling more than $500 million (US$382 million).
It is part of a bigger Canadian EV plan that includes mining essential minerals like lithium as well as manufacturing EV batteries for the North American car industry.
“Today, we’re launching Canada’s first full-scale commercial electric car facility,” Trudeau said at a news conference with GM officials. Marissa West, president of GM Canada, dubbed it a “significant Canadian milestone,” noting that a retooling of the facility that had produced gas-powered SUVs began in May and was finished in just seven months. “Canada’s EV future is no longer in sight. It is here and now “She informed the crowd at the plant, surrounded by two of the new electric vehicles.
BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric delivery vehicles will be manufactured at the factory. By 2025, GM hopes to have 50,000 of them rolling off its production line every year. DHL Express was also revealed as BrightDrop’s first Canadian customer.
Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac are its four primary automotive brands. It also has joint venture stakes in Chinese companies Wuling Motors and Baojun, as well as DMAX.
GM unveiled a $30,000 electric SUV, one of the most affordable EVs on the market. General Motors unveiled a new electric SUV on Thursday, claiming it will be the cheapest compact electric SUV on the market when it goes on sale in about a year.
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