The European automaker announced Monday that the Volkswagen Group and its battery company PowerCo will establish its first overseas "gigafactory" for battery cell manufacturing in St. Thomas, Ont., with the start of production planned for 2027.
"We are committed to be a reliable partner and good neighbor for the people in St. Thomas and Ontario." "With a highly skilled workforce, clean energy, an abundance of critical minerals, access to markets, and a flourishing automotive and battery sector, we are an attractive investment destination with everything companies need to grow," the ministers wrote.
Tax payers to build, fixed it!
VW to get $15 BILLION dollars of our tax money. Nothing official as the officials refuse to tell the tax paying losers of Ontario how much they are getting pounded. VW get free everything but you get to pay more taxes. It's fair?
And all the highly toxic and corrosive by products that will harm Ontario
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No thank you-safety hazard
Delusional woke environmentalism
The battery breakthrough everyone is waiting for already exists. Just a matter of waiting for them to release it. Its just a matter of time.
This is amazing news for St Thomas!
Hopefully they make a battery that does drain past 0degrees one of the reason ill never an an ev. given the weather i get the best bang for my buck.. fu_k the planet if a solution isnt affordable its not a solution
With public dollars - but will the public derive any benefit?
Another flop
Just EV batteries, not the entire car? Well done Ford, that's doing nothing for the auto industry here in Ontario! Auto workers build cars, not the batteries that'll go in them! Yet again Fordfailedontario
The children of the congo thank you.
Cool .. but guess what I don’t care
.. meanwhile
Don’t believe for a second that this is Cons’ doing, but they will all take full credit. Look how many clapping seals are retweeting the same propaganda. Trying to portray themselves as environmentally responsible. Appropriating the green belt shows true value on our future.
l prefer driving my fully loaded GMC Suburban .
Great idea. Like we don’t have a diesel run power plant turned on in Halton. 🥹
Is this sustainable come 2035 with the power grid? The inability to charge vehicles due to freezing, battery level not deplete in freezing temperatures. Genuinely asking, also what happens to all the oil we long use for gas
Electric cars will be like 8 tracks by the time that plant is built.
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