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NewsGM Canada Workers Approve New Collective Agreement
Three weeks after those at Ford , a majority of employees at General Motors in Canada (80.5 percent) have voted to ratify the tentative agreement between the automaker and the Unifor union. “This agreement reflects true collective bargaining. Our goal was to bring more fairness and equity to auto workplaces …
NewsPodcast: 2024 Polestar 2 and 2024 Chevrolet Silverado HD Test Drives
On the latest episode of The Car Guide Podcast, LP gives us his driving impressions on the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado HD High County . This capable workhorse, which is assembled in Oshawa, Ontario, has received quite a few iterations for 2024. LP underlines the truck’s incredible capabilities in terms of …
RecallsGM Recalls 163,000 SUVs and Pickups With Faulty Headlights in Canada
General Motors this week announced a recall affecting large SUVs and pickups in Canada. The problem is nothing too serious, but the number of units involved certainly is. We’re talking about 163,611 vehicles overall. Essentially, the automatic headlamps may not turn on soon enough as it becomes dark outside. Canadian …
NewsChip Shortage Improving, But Now There’s a Rail Car Shortage
We don’t write about it very much because, well, we hate to bring you down, but supply chain disruptions continue to affect car production and deliveries globally. Chief among them is still the ongoing chip shortage. You know, these precious electronic components that run a myriad of systems in modern …
NewsGM Spends $280 Million for Next-Gen Pickups in Oshawa
General Motors this week announced an investment of more than $1.3 billion in two Michigan plants to build the next generation of ICE-powered full-size pickups. Oshawa Assembly in Ontario has not been overlooked, mind you. The plant will receive $280 millions, also for future trucks. Since 2020, the automaker has …
NewsChevy Adds Silverado HD ZR2 and ZR2 Bison to Refreshed 2024 Lineup
It was pretty much inevitable at this point: Chevrolet is expanding the Silverado HD lineup, which was already announced with a number of improvements for 2024, by adding a rugged and off-road-ready ZR2 model, taking a page from the Silverado 1500 and Colorado . An even more capable Silverado HD …
NewsGM’s Oshawa Plant Now Working on Three Shifts to Meet Pickup Demand
As demand for full-size pickups remains strong, General Motors yesterday added a third shift at Oshawa Assembly in Ontario. The automaker shared the news via its Instagram account. The retooled and upgraded plant, which required an investment of $1.3 billion, resumed vehicle production in November 2021 following a nearly two-year …
NewsThousands of Chevy Silverados Stuck at Oshawa Plant
Not all vehicle delays are directly tied to missing parts such as semi-conductors. Some can be attributed to logistics and transportation problems. That’s precisely the case with General Motors at the freshly re-opened Oshawa Assembly Plant in Ontario. A Unifor representative, Jason Gale, says that around 11,000 Chevrolet Silverado HD …
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