GM Canada to hire 700 engineers in Oshawa, Markham to drive research in self-driving cars

GM Canada to hire 700 engineers in Oshawa, Markham to drive research in self-driving cars
General Motors announces plan for 700 new engineering jobs for self-driving car research
GM to expand Oshawa research, open new lab in Markham, Ont., and invest $10M in cold-weather test centreCanadianManufacturing.com

It's been a long time since Ontario's beleaguered auto industry got some good news. And even the good news has been tempered by the lousy trend lines in an industry with a shrinking footprint in Canada. But GM announced today it is substantially … . /EINPresswire.com/ — Steve Carlisle, President and Managing Director, General Motors of Canada, Mark Reuss, Executive Vice President, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain, General Motors along with special guests, Prime Minister

General Motors announces plan to expand research into self driving cars

General Motors Co. on Friday said it will add more than 700 new engineering jobs in Ontario, Canada, as it expands its engineering and software development work for connected, self-driving and alternative fuel vehicles. (Photo: Bill Pugliano / Getty …

GM Canada to Hire 700 Engineers in Self-Driving Car Push

General Motors Canada is set to hire up to 1,000 new employees. But members of the union that represents GM plant workers say they need manufacturing jobs, not the research and technology hiring spree set to be rolled out Friday at GM's engineering

CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-GM to expand to 1000 engineering jobs in Canada

General Motors announces plan for 700 new engineering jobs for self-driving car research
General Motors announces plan for 700 new engineering jobs for self-driving car research
General Motors Co. will hire about 700 engineers in Canada as it expands research into self-driving cars and other technology. The Detroit-based company made the announcement in Oshawa, Ontario on Friday alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and
OSHAWA, Ont. — General Motors has announced plans to expand research into self-driving vehicles and open a new software centre in Markham, Ont., later this year. Under the initiative, the automaker would create more than 700 new engineering jobs over

GM to add 700 technical jobs in Ontario, Canada

General Motors of Canada plans to announce Friday it will hire about 1,000 engineers in the country where they have been reducing their manufacturing presence. The news was first reported by the Globe & Mail of Toronto. A company spokeswoman

Union calls for manufacturing spots as GM set to announce new jobs in Oshawa

image OSHAWA: General Motors Co said on Friday it will expand its Canadian engineering base to reach a total of about 1,000 jobs in Canada's auto-making province of Ontario as it boosts research spending on connected and driverless cars. The company

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in a 2017 Chevrolet Volt at the General Motors (GM) regional engineering facility in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada at an event to support the companies innovation and green energy initiatives, June 10, 2016. . Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Kathleen Wynne will be in Oshawa on Friday where General Motors is expected to announce it's hiring. Reports suggest 1,000 new jobs will be added but they won't be in manufacturing. The positions will …

OSHAWA, Ont. - Published reports say General Motors Canada is expected to announce up to 1,000 new jobs this week. The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star, citing unidentified sources, say the jobs are expected to be announced Friday at General
OSHAWA, Ont. – Ontario will soon be home to a new software centre tasked with research into self-driving cars, General Motors announced Friday. Flanked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Kathleen Wynne, officials with the automaker. Tyler Anderson/ National PostAbout 2,500 manufacturing jobs could disappear next year if GM doesn't make a new investment in the Oshawa plant, which currently has no production mandate beyond 2017. . Oil investors are buying contracts that will only pay out if crude rises well above $100 a barrel over the next four years — a clear sign some believe today's bust is sowing the seeds of the next boom. The options deals, which brokers said bear the …

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