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   DETROIT — General Motors is cutting production of its all-electric   
   BrightDrop delivery vans at a plant in Canada and will idle the facility   
   through much of this year.   
      
   The plant will be reduced from two shifts to one shift — eliminating 500   
   jobs — after being idled beginning next month for roughly 20 weeks until   
   October. Battery pack assembly at the plant also will be down for two   
   weeks before the prolonged shutdown.   
      
   The Detroit automaker on Friday confirmed the plans for its CAMI assembly   
   plant in Ontario and said the decisions are not related to President   
   Donald Trump’s tariffs.   
      
   “This adjustment is directly related to responding to market demand and   
   re-balancing inventory. Production of BrightDrop and EV battery assembly   
   will remain at CAMI,” GM said in an emailed statement.   
      
   Lana Payne, president of Canadian union Unifor, which represents workers   
   at the plant, described the actions as a “crushing blow to hundreds of   
   working families in Ingersoll and the surrounding region who depend on   
   this plant.”   
      
   “General Motors must do everything in its power to mitigate job loss   
   during this downturn, and all levels of government must step up to support   
   Canadian auto workers and Canadian-made products,” Payne said in a   
   release.   
      
   GM launched its BrightDrop vans as a fully owned subsidiary in 2021,   
   before folding it into the company’s fleet business in 2023. It then   
   folded BrightDrop into its Chevrolet brand in 2024.   
      
   GM had high expectations of making BrightDrop into a new, lucrative growth   
   business for the automaker, but sales and revenue did not meet the   
   company’s initial expectations.   
      
   https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/gm-cutting-jobs-idling-canadian-   
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