LONDON, ONT. GM’s CAMI plant in Ingersoll has landed its second contract to build electric fleet vehicles. In addition to last month’s announcement that it will manufacture the Brightdrop EV600 for FedEx, UNIFOR has confirmed to CTV News that a second deal has been reached with Merchants Fleet, a U.S. based delivery service. “We had the first ten months of orders already spoken for by FedEx, and now we have a major distributor out of the U.S. that has ordered 12,600 more, which will take a few more months,” said UNIFOR Local 88 Plant Chair Mike Van Boekel. “This is a major one, and we just really got out of the gate. We haven’t even built the first one yet, so it’s pretty exciting. It looks like it’s going to be very well received.”
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Merchants Fleet, a growing fleet management company in the U.S., announced it will buy 12,600 EV600s and wants them rolling in its fleet by 2023.
âThatâs awesome,â said Mike Van Boekel, chairperson of Unifor Local 88, the union representing Cami workers.
âItâs absolutely fantastic news. I believe itâs where the market is headed. It will help bring stability to our plant and our community.â
GM and Unifor already are discussing increasing production amid strong early interest in the EV600, announced just weeks ago, he added.
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Merchants Fleet, a growing fleet management company in the U.S., announced it will buy 12,600 EV600s and wants them rolling in its fleet by 2023.
âThatâs awesome,â said Mike Van Boekel, chairperson of Unifor Local 88, the union representing Cami workers.
âItâs absolutely fantastic news. I believe itâs where the market is headed. It will help bring stability to our plant and our community.â
GM and Unifor already are discussing increasing production amid strong early interest in the EV600, announced just weeks ago, he added.
Members voted overwhelmingly in favour of the deal, and work will begin immediately to ready the plant in Ingersoll for van production to begin in November.