The first vehicle of GM’s BrightDrop will be the EV600 – an electric light commercial vehicle purpose-built for the delivery of goods and services with a range of up to 250 miles per charge.
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General Motors and union Unifor said Friday they have reached a preliminary deal whereby the automaker will invest nearly C $ 1 billion ($ 785.42 million) in its CAMI assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, to produce commercial electric vans.
Under the preliminary agreement, which has yet to be ratified by union officials, GM has agreed to large-scale commercial production of EV600, an electric van, at its CAMI plant, Unifor said in a statement.
The Detroit automaker said in a separate statement that work would begin immediately at the plant.
The new deal builds on GM’s recent investment in Canada, which agreed in November to invest C $ 1 billion in its Oshawa plant to expand production of its full-size pickups. [nL1N2HR1SK]
The Canadian government welcomed the deal and said it would reaffirm its support once union members ratified the deal.
“We are waiting for the results of the ratification vote,” Canadian Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne said in a statement.
Unifor, the union representing the hourly workers in Canada, said more details of the deal would be presented to local union members at an online ratification meeting on Jan.17, the results of which will be announced a day later.