GM Ends Electric Van Output in New Setback for Canada Autos (1)

General Motors Co. is ending production of electric delivery vans at a plant in southern Ontario, dealing another blow to a Canadian auto sector that is hemorrhaging jobs.

The automaker is stopping the assembly line that made BrightDrop vans in the town of Ingersoll, Ontario. The future of the CAMI plant was already in doubt after GM announced in April it would halt production for months because of weak demand. It sold just 274 of them in the first quarter.

BrightDrop electric vans at the General Motors CAMI Assembly Plant in Ingersoll, Ontario.

Photographer: Brett Gundlock/Bloomberg

“A changing regulatory environment and the elimination of tax credits in the United States have made the business even ...