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Wheel manufacturer Accuride is on a path to emerge from bankruptcy after approval of its plan to wipe out debt and narrow its business.
Along with electric delivery vans, workers at CAMI build battery modules and packs at a battery plant that opened next to the main plant in early 2024.
GM's BrightDrop electric vans will become Chevrolet models, the idea being to leverage Chevy's larger dealership network.
General Motors folded its standalone BrightDrop electric delivery vans into fleet unit, while Cruise works to relaunch robotaxi operations after a pedestrian crash last fall.
General Motors said on Thursday it was reorganizing its BrightDrop electric commercial vehicle unit to make it less independent and reduce costs, and that the unit's head, Travis Katz, would be leaving.
General Motors says it will idle its CAMI Assembly Plant in Ingersoll, Ont., due to delays in the supply of battery modules.
Fedex Express Canada deployed 50 all-electric vehicles with BrightDrop, hoping to reduce carbon emissions in last-mile delivery.
BrightDrop's first electric van could face constraints as production of Ultium batteries ramps up, forecasters say.
The commercial delivery vehicle unit also said it had landed its first customer outside the U.S., logistics company DHL Express Canada.
GM's subsidiaries BrightDrop and Cruise are preparing to launch electric vans in 2023.