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INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES AND SELECTED SOURCES
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CAMI Assembly Plant

General Motors

Ingersoll, ON, Canada

-80.88455002, 43.01594083

The Big Green Machine Site ID: 94A

Project Timeline

Project Timeline Unavailable (Insufficient Information)

Additional Information:

Sector: EVs

Activity: Manufacturing

Product: EVs


Project Announcement Date: 4/1/2022

Target for Starting Production: 2022

Date Commercial Production Started:

Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: No


Target Annual Production: 50000 EVs

Operating Status: Paused


Target Jobs: 2000

Current Jobs: 400

Capital Investment: $800 million

Government Subsidies:

Local/State: $259 million

Selected Sources:

“Subscribe to GM News”, gm.com, 02 Mar 2025. 🔗


“How automakers are investing in Canadian EV production”, Coleman Molnar, driving, 17 May 2022. 🔗


“BrightDrop Zevo Production To Begin At CAMI Plant In December”, Sam McEachern, GM Authority | General Motors News, Rumors, Reviews, Forums, 05 Apr 2022. 🔗


“GM Opens Canada’s First Full-Scale EV Plant to Build BrightDrop Zevo Fully Electric Delivery Vans”, General Motors Company, 04 Dec 2022. 🔗


“GM Ontario plant to halt BrightDrop assembly from October into spring”, Breana Noble, The Detroit News, No Date. 🔗


“GM, Unifor reach tentative deal for workers at CAMI Assembly electric van plant”, Kalea Hall, The Detroit News, 18 Sep 2024. 🔗


“GM to halt BrightDrop production, with little work planned until fall 2025”, Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 11 Apr 2025. 🔗


“GM plans shift shutdowns at plants that produce electric vehicles”, Jackie Charniga and Jamie L. LaReau , Detroit Free Press, 04 Sep 2025. 🔗


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