GM-linked BrightDrop unveils Canada’s first large EV factory

Opening the retooled plant “is a major step to providing EVs at scale,” says BrightDrop chief executive Travis Katz. — Reuters

ONTARIO: General Motors Co says DHL Express Canada is its first customer outside the United States as the first electric delivery trucks roll off production lines at BrightDrop’s new factory, the upstart unit of the automotive giant.

GM spent seven months and more than US$2bil (RM8.75bil) transforming its two million square foot Cami Assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, into Canada’s first large-scale electric vehicle (EV) factory for BrightDrop Zevo delivery trucks.