US EditionCanada's EV Market Was Already in Trouble. Tariffs Made It Worse, Ontario Workers Say
INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, CANADA, JUN 19 – GM cuts shifts at its Ingersoll plant due to weak electric vehicle demand and U.S. tariffs, with about 50% of 1,200 workers affected, union representatives said.
- General Motors announced layoffs of 600 workers and idled its CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, due to weak demand for electric vans in 2025.
- This event follows U.S. tariffs imposing a 25 per cent duty on Canadian-made vehicles and a broader market slowdown impacting electric vehicle production plans.
- The CAMI plant, employing 1,200 workers, had once aimed to produce 50,000 electric delivery vans annually by 2025, but production slowed amid postponements by Honda, Stellantis, and Ford.
- Zero-Emissions vehicles dropped from 16.5% of Canadian new vehicle sales in late 2024 to 8.7% in early 2025, while only 28% of surveyed consumers are likely to consider EVs next, reflecting market hesitancy.
- Industry representatives urge increased domestic vehicle production and stronger charging infrastructure investment to offset tariffs and encourage EV adoption amid ongoing uncertainty.
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INGERSOLL — Bob Pulham recalls the optimism in the air when General Motors began producing electric vans in Ingersoll, Ont., in late 2022. As the first BrightDrop commercial van rolled off the line at the CAMI Assembly plant, GM executives, union leaders and former prime minister Justin Trudeau touted it as a major milestone for electric vehicle production in Canada. Pulham, a Unifor representative at the plant, remembers talk of increasing shif…
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