Common Motors says it’s going to idle its CAMI Meeting Plant in Ingersoll, Ont., on account of delays within the provide of battery modules.

The automaker mentioned Friday that output of its electrical BrightDrop industrial vans constructed there gained’t resume till the spring of 2024.

At the moment, van manufacturing can be provided by CAMI’s new 400,000 square-foot battery-module line in Ingersoll. It can have the capability to totally assist BrightDrop Zevo manufacturing on the manufacturing facility and complement electric-vehicle manufacturing at different GM vegetation.

Presently, the Ultium battery that powers BrightDrop vans is made in Ohio.

About 1,500 individuals, 1,200 of that are Unifor members, assemble the big BrightDrop Zevo 600 cargo van and the smaller EV410. GM says layoffs will start in October.

BrightDrop’s prospects embody Hertz, Walmart, FedEx, Verizon and DHL Canada.

In July, Mike Van Boekel, Unifor plant chairperson with Native 88, mentioned an absence of obtainable batteries is limiting manufacturing as we speak, however the growth on the plant offers “a terrific brilliant mild on the finish of the tunnel.”