{"id":14124,"date":"2023-03-13T19:50:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T02:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/volkswagen-to-build-ev-battery-plant-in-ontario\/"},"modified":"2023-03-13T19:51:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T02:51:00","slug":"volkswagen-to-build-ev-battery-plant-in-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/volkswagen-to-build-ev-battery-plant-in-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen\u00a0to build EV battery plant in Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>ST. THOMAS, ONT. \u2014 Volkswagen\u00a0has announced it plans to build an electric vehicle battery plant in St. Thomas, in southwestern Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>The European automaker says the\u00a0Volkswagen\u00a0Group and its battery company PowerCo will establish its first overseas \u201cgigafactory\u201d for battery cell manufacturing, with the start of production planned for 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The company signed an agreement last year with the federal government to work to identify suitable sites for such a facility in Canada, and they had also committed to investigate ways for Canada to contribute to\u00a0Volkswagen\u2019s battery supply chains, including raw materials and assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario set the stage last month for the announcement, introducing and quickly passing a law adjusting the municipal boundaries for a 1,500-acre \u201cmega site\u201d in southwestern Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli said at the time that the site straddled St. Thomas and Central Elgin, and putting the entire piece of land within St. Thomas would eliminate the red tape and barriers that could come with future companies having to deal with two municipalities.<\/p>\n<p>Canada has seen at least 10 major electric vehicle-related commitments totalling more than $16 billion in the past two years as federal and provincial governments work to attract investments in the sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ui-provider wd b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">\u00a9 2023 The Canadian Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/projects\/2023\/03\/volkswagen-to-build-ev-battery-plant-in-ontario\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. THOMAS, ONT. \u2014 Volkswagen\u00a0has announced it plans to build an electric vehicle battery plant in St. Thomas, in southwestern &#8230; <a title=\"Volkswagen\u00a0to build EV battery plant in Ontario\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/volkswagen-to-build-ev-battery-plant-in-ontario\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Volkswagen\u00a0to build EV battery plant in Ontario\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1037],"tags":[357,295],"class_list":["post-14124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-commercial-news","tag-blog","tag-technology","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}