Ontario GM plant, largely down since February, resumes Equinox production

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General Motors Canada resumed production of the Chevrolet Equinox SUV at its facilities in Ingersoll, Ontario on November 1, the automaker told Automotive News Canada , after the plant had sat idle for months.

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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.

GM Canada is also looking at adding a second BrightDrop EV van model to CAMI’s lines in late 2023.

The other plant that builds the Chevrolet Equinox, Ramos Arizpe Assembly in Mexico, has also been down since August 16 because of the chip shortage, says Automotive News . Production is planned to resume there on November 19.