You seem to be under the impression that this company is in the business of providing vehicles for transporting people around. My impression from this article

You seem to be under the impression that this company is in the business of providing vehicles for transporting people around. My impression from this article is that they are instead in the business of funneling government subsidies to unions -- hence the reference to Oshawa, the home of Canada's most powerful union. If you can convince the government that you're creating Jobs Of The Future, you don't need to actually build a product anyone wants to buy.