Trudeau, Ford mark opening of Canada’s first full-scale electric vehicle plant

Trudeau, Ford mark opening of Canada’s first full-scale electric vehicle plantINGERSOLL, Ont. The provincial and federal governments each invested $259 million towards GM's $2-billion plan to make the Ingersoll plant EV-ready and expand production at its reopened Oshawa, Ont., plant. The provincial and federal governments each invested $259 million toward GM's $2-billion plan for the Ingersoll plant and to overhaul its Oshawa, Ont., plant to make it EV-ready. The federal government said the Ingersoll plant is expected to manufacture 50,000 electric vehicles by 2025. Meanwhile, in Ontario, electric vehicles made up one in 20 new registrations.