Oshawa welcomes GM’s $280 million investment in next generation truck production

On behalf of the City of Oshawa, Mayor Carter is thrilled to welcome GM Canada’s announcement that they will invest a further $280 million in the Oshawa Assembly plant to build GM’s next internal combustion engine (ICE) full-size trucks.

With this investment, GM has committed more than $1.4 billion in Oshawa since 2020. These investments further solidify Oshawa’s footprint in the transformed automotive industry of the future and ensure that GM manufacturing operations and thousands of quality jobs remain in Oshawa.

In November 2021, the Oshawa Assembly Plant reopened, producing the Chevrolet Silverado pickup. Today, production at the Oshawa Assembly Plant has increased to three shifts. Since reopening, GM Canada has created 2,600 new manufacturing jobs in Oshawa and thousands of indirect local jobs.

For more information on the June 6 announcement, visit GM Canada’s Pressroom.

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“We thank GM Canada for continuing to invest in Oshawa’s productive, innovative and high-quality workforce. GM’s historic investments will secure 2,600 good paying local jobs and we are pleased that over half of Oshawa Assembly new production hires are women,” said Mayor Dan Carter.

 “We are proud that Oshawa-made products are supporting GM’s transition to an electric, autonomous and highly connected future, with sales that are setting industry records. We look forward to continuing Oshawa’s longstanding tradition of automotive innovation and global leadership in advanced manufacturing,” added Mayor Carter.