General Motors will spend $209 million to retool its Oshawa Assembly Plant northeast of Toronto to build the next generation of internal combustion engine (ICE) full-size trucks. However, the automaker said Tuesday that product details and timing related to GM’s future trucks are not being released at this time.
This investment builds on GM’s commitment to Canadian manufacturing, which includes more than $903 million invested in the Oshawa plant in 2020, less than a year after it ceased assembly at the facility.
GM agreed to maintain the integrity of the plant even as it launched an aftermarket parts operation there, leaving the door open for potential investment down the line.
The automaker then agreed to invest the $903 million as part of a collective bargaining agreement, negotiated with Unifor in 2020.
“When people said auto-making was finished in Oshawa back in 2018, we said 'no chance.' Not only has this facility risen from the proverbi…