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.”