Electric vehicles were supposed to revitalize the auto industry but for these workers — unemployed as their factories close and new jobs fail to materialize — it hasn’t panned out that way
Some of Jody Schneider’s doubts about the electric vehicle transition started when she lost her job because of the EV transition. Until last year, she and 150 others built front and rear suspensions for muscle cars produced at an auto assembly plant in Brampton, Ont.
But they all lost their jobs when the plant closed near the end of 2023 for an 18-month retooling so it can produce battery electric, plug-in hybrids or internal combustion engine vehicles.
