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Stellantis eyes Canada for battery plant; forecaster says Brampton a possibility

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said the automaker is considering Canada as home to one of two battery plants the company plans to build in North America.
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Liberals want all new vehicles sold in Canada to be ZEVs by 2035

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said by 2035 all new cars and light-duty trucks sold in the country will be zero-emission vehicles.
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GM Canada to stop Equinox output in April, switch to EV production sooner than planned

BrightDrop EV600 commercial van production will shift to the CAMI Assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ont.,  in November 2022 following a four-month plant retooling.
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Stellantis halts minivan output through June due to chip shortage

The Ontario plant resumed operation the week of May 31, but not at full capacity. Other than those handful of shifts, the plant has been down since March 29.
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More downtime at Stellantis minivan plant in Canada

The plant has been running this week, but not at full capacity. The automaker didn’t elaborate on the number of shifts or vehicles it intends to produce this week.
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Stellantis extends shutdown at Ontario minivan plant, eyes partial output May 31

The plant in Windsor, Ontario, has been down since March 29 due to the global microchip shortage. The automaker had planned to resume production May 24.
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Toyota Canada resumes production after COVID outbreak at key supplier

Key parts supplier Toyotetsu ceased production the week of April 26 after eight employees tested positive for the virus.
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American Axle to be sole supplier of truck axles at GM plant in Canada

GM plans to begin full-size truck production in Oshawa sometime in the fourth quarter of this year.
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Stellantis extends shutdown at Ontario minivan plant due to chip shortage

The factory that builds the Chrysler Pacifica, Grand Caravan and Voyager will not operate during the week of May 17.
General Motors Canada says it’s also looking to fill an unspecified number of management positions.
GM moves up Ontario truck output to Q4; 1,700 new jobs expected

The automaker is looking to fill nearly 1,700 new unionized jobs — 1,500 of them production workers — at its Oshawa, Ontario, assembly plant.
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How Honda Canada overcame COVID restrictions to keep 2022 Civic output on track

Honda Canada Manufacturing said in a statement that its engineers “took on a larger role in preparing the 2022 Civic sedan for mass production.”
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GM idles Chevy Equinox output in Canada for two months due to chip shortage

The Equinox was GM’s second best-selling vehicle in the U.S. during the first quarter, after the Chevy Silverado.
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Toyota halts RAV4, Lexus RX output in Canada after COVID outbreak at supplier

About 1,200 people work at the supplier. Toyotetsu manufactures body and chassis parts for all three of Toyota’s assembly plants in Ontario, Canada. The operations remained idle on Friday.
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CANADA: Q1 boosted by March rally

Toyota, Honda, FCA Canada, Hyundai and Kia all saw significant increases in first-quarter sales, a little more than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic began in Canada.
Pandemic rules are choking the industry

No one, from automakers to restaurants to auto dealerships, wants to be known as a COVID19 petri dish. Rest assured, they’re all taking steps to manage risk.