General Motors officially opened a factory in Ingersoll, Ont., today, making it the first assembly line production plant for electric vehicles in Canada, with both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford on hand to mark the opening.
Trudeau told reporters at a news conference on Dec. 5, that the transformation of the plant, which now produces BrightDrop fully electric vehicles, happened in “record time.”
Both the province and the federal government gave $259 million towards GM’s $2 billion budget for upgrades to the plant and the conversion to make it able to produce electric vehicles (EV). The plant’s transformation was announced in April….