The GM Oshawa Assembly plant in Ontario underwent one of the fastest retooling procedures in General Motors history last year to prepare it to produce the 2022 Chevy Silverado HD and refreshed Chevy Silverado 1500.
When GM first began renovation work at Oshawa Assembly in November of 2020, the automaker said it would begin producing trucks at the Canadian facility by January 2022. It later pulled the opening date forward to fourth quarter of this year, putting it “on track to deliver one of the fastest plant launches in GM history,” the automaker said in a press release published last spring.
Speaking to Automotive News last month, GM Canada president Scott Bell reiterated this, saying the GM Oshawa Assembly turnaround was one of the company’s quickest – even despite the hurdles posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. GM’s retooling team is mostly based in the United States and could not enter Canada due to COVID-19 restrictions last year, so the automaker was forced to abandon some of its usual retooling practices to ensure the project remained on schedule.
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Compromise isn’t always a bad thing, but it hurts that it was caused by the tiny tyrant Trudeau. Regardless, it’s great to see more HD’s coming about.
Good for oshawa it again will be the best production facility it has good luck and keep building the best vehicles worldwide.
I enjoy my 2013 Camaro ZL1 that came from that plant. Glad to see they are open again.
Worked there for 27 years great place to work made lots of friends John
Great. Now what is Barra doing to in-screw GM’s supply chain failures, particularly around semiconductors.
Glad to see production back in Oshawa. GM made a great discussion to restart. The only truck made in Canada. They will sell lots of trucks.
Great to see . My 2001 2500 HD Duramax came from there.It was a great truck. Obviously my 2021 AT4 did not come from Oshawa. I will continue to support GM as long as they are US. or Canadian produced. If it is made in Mexico I will look elsewhere.Will probably replace the AT4 with a Chev 1500 when I trade.
Does anyone there have any insight as to why the vehicles are being built and then just sit there and not ship out? Have an HD truck, that according to GM chat and the dealership, has been complete for quite some time. But mine and many others are just sitting there in limbo and nobody seems to have answers why.