VW and Canada will jointly investigate opportunities for the country to contribute to VW's regional and global battery supply chains. The automaker seeks to rely on Canadian mining, refining, and ...

Volkswagen has chosen a Canadian site for the first EV battery factory of its new PowerCo business unit outside Europe. Located in St. Thomas, Ontario, the factory is expected to start producing ...

As part of its North American electric vehicle (EV) strategy, the Volkswagen Group’s battery company PowerCo SE plans to build its largest gigafactory in St. Thomas, Ontario/Canada. The company plans ...

From left: Oliver Blume, CEO Volkswagen Group; Thomas Schmall, Group Board Member Technology; Hon. François-Philippe Champagne, Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Volkswagen Group ...

Volkswagen Group plans to build its first North American battery cell manufacturing plant in St. Thomas, Ont., as the automaker establishes a regional supply chain to build electric vehicles for ...

It’s no secret that Volkswagen wants to build a lot more EVs in the near future. To do that, it needs more batteries, and its tapping Canada as the site of its brand-new battery factory. As covered by ...

Volkswagen Group and its battery company PowerCo have picked Canada for its first overseas battery cell factory. The plant, located in St. Thomas, Ontario, will produce battery cells beginning in 2027 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Despite being on the short list for the location of a new Volkswagen (VW) electric vehicle battery plant, Oklahoma has lost the bid to Canada – and state leaders are reacting to ...

Volkswagen announced today that its first battery factory outside Europe will be located in St. Thomas, Ontario. The location will build the automaker’s new unified cells, with the start of production ...

German carmaker Volkswagen has decided to build a plant in Canada to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles, dashing Oklahoma’s hopes to land the multi-billion dollar venture that would have ...

Victory, but at what cost? Canada persuaded Volkswagen and Stellantis to build EV plants in the country, but that arm-twisting came in the form of some hefty financial incentives that it has emerged ...

Volkswagen is warning some owners of its ID.4 electric crossover about a potential fire risk related to the high-voltage ...