Trudeau, Ford mark opening of Canada's first full-scale electric vehicle plant

WATCH LIVE: Trudeau, Ford mark electric vehicle manufacturing 'milestone' in Ingersoll, Ont.

Trudeau says electric delivery vans have started rolling off the line today at the General Motors CAMI production plant in Ingersoll, Ont., which has been retooled to build the company's BrightDrop all-electric vehicle brand.

The prime minister was joined by Ford and the province's Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli to mark the milestone. The provincial and federal governments each invested $259 million toward GM's $2-billion plan to transform its Ingersoll plant and overhaul its Oshawa, Ont., plant to make it EV-ready.

The federal government says the Ingersoll plant is expected to manufacture 50,000 electric vehicles by 2025.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 5, 2022.

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