INGERSOLL, Ont. — Canada’s first full\u002Dscale electric vehicle manufacturing plant officially opened in southern Ontario on Monday, with the prime minister and…
“Every government in the world would love to invest millions of dollars to draw in places like this,” he said during a news conference at the plant in southwestern Ontario.
The federal government said the Ingersoll plant is expected to manufacture 50,000 electric vehicles by 2025.Article content “We’ve brought back the auto sector,” he said. “These vehicles are going to be produced with clean steel, clean energy and great people.” Ford said Monday that the rebate had seen Ontario taxpayers “subsidizing buying vehicles from anywhere but Ontario,” adding that he chose to focus on long-term production investments instead.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Recent data suggests Canada, and Ontario, lags behind global EV sales, with some manufacturers’ associations pointing to insufficient rebates.
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