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Cami Assembly is going back to work.

Cami Assembly is going back to work.

Some workers at the GM CAMI Assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ont. should be back on the line as of Nov. 1.

Article content More than a year from rolling off the assembly line, demand already is so hot for the Cami plant’s new all-electric vehicle the automaker is planning to double production, GM announced Tuesday. Cami is preparing to shift from making the Chevy Equinox SUV to the BrightDrop EV600, an electric commercial van, in 2022 and will speed up the changeover to keep pace with demand, said Jennifer Wright, director of communications for GM Canada. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Cami speeds up electric-vehicle transition as demand spikes Bac...

  TORONTO -- Canadian automotive workers are among those who have been temporarily laid off as a worldwide shortage of semiconductors, used in computer chips in vehicles, brings several industries to an abrupt halt. The measure affects all shifts at General Motors’ CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont., a town approximately 30 kilometres east London, Ont., until at least mid-March. GM confirmed about 1,500 affected hourly employees are eligible for layoff benefits. Mike Van Boekel, Unifor’s chairman for the CAMI plant unit attributes the chip shortage to a disruption overseas, preventing fur...