GM cutting jobs, idling Canadian electric van plant [Video]

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 2025, the company confirmed Friday.

The CAMI assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, will be reduced from two shifts to one — eliminating 500 jobs — after being idled beginning in May for roughly 20 weeks until October, the company said. Battery pack assembly at the plant also will be down the weeks of April 21 and April 28, ahead of the prolonged shutdown, GM said.

The Detroit automaker 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,” GM said in an emailed statement. “Production of BrightDrop and EV battery assembly will remain at CAMI.”

Lana Payne, president of Canadian union Unifor, which represents workers at the plant, described the actions as a “crushing …