Extended Vacation: GM’s CAMI plant extends summer shutdown through end of month, citing parts shortage
Ingersol, Ontario — The Detroit Free Press reported Wednesday that General Motors’ CAMI plant in Ingersol, Ont. will extend its summer shutdown through to the end of the month, citing parts shortages. The plant, where BrightDrop’s Zevo 600 electric delivery van is built, confirmed to media Wednesday that its regularly scheduled summer closure will last […]
EV/AV Report: Nailing down the Detroit Three, green deliveries and hope for hydrogen
Toronto, Ontario — Stellantis considers following Ford and GM’s lead in adopting NACS charging, FedEx Express Canada receives its first round of BrightDrop delivery vehicles and a Quebec company is out preaching the word of hydrogen power. This is the latest in electric and autonomous vehicles. Peer pressure Stellantis says it is currently weighing out […]
Tuesday Ticker: CAMI kicks off electric delivery truck production; Rivian makes first deliveries to B.C. market
Toronto, Ontario — In this weekly economical report, General Motors starts up EV assembly lines in Ontario; Rivian makes its first Canadian deliveries and promises increased production in Q4 while the Canadian pension fund offloads some electric shares. Bring on BrightDrop The CAMI Assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ont.—which General Motors spent seven months and more […]
EV/AV Report: June 27, 2022
Toronto, Ontario — In today’s EV/AV report, General Motors makes the first delivery of electric vans for Fedex’s new fleet, Tesla hikes prices for some of its most popular EVs and a Canadian OEM announces a battery EV designed for the Canadian winter. Vans on Volts On June 21, FedEx announced that the company received […]
EV/AV Report: December 20, 2021
Toronto, Ontario – In this week’s electric and autonomous vehicle report, Rivian plans to build a $5 billion assembly plant in Georgia, Mercedes-Benz integrates with Hydro-Québec to improve charging options and GM’s BrightDrop delivered its first five EV delivery trucks to FedEx. Rivian went down to Georgia Rivian has a $5 billion plan for the […]
