Ontario GM plant, largely down since February, resumes Equinox production
The CAMI facility will build the SUVs until April, when it will begin the pivot to BrightDrop EV commercial vans
CAMI Assembly Plant “has largely been down since Feb. 8 due to the global microchip shortage,” the news outlet quotes GM.
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Barring further interruption, Equinox SUVs will once again roll out its doors from now until April 2022, when the facility will be completely retooled to begin the manufacture of GM’s new fully electric BrightDrop EV600 commercial van. It’s expected the first Ingersoll-built EV600s should start coming off the line November 2022.
Roughly 2,000 employees, three-quarters of them represented by Canada’s Unifor labour union, currently build the Equinox on two shifts, and GM Canada expects by 2023 CAMI will see BrightDrop production ramp up to two shifts, as well. Depending on the market success of the EV van, that may grow to three shifts as early as 2024.