$80 million is changing hands in an agreement between Central Elgin and St. Thomas for land annexed by St. Thomas to make room for a planned Volkswagen electric vehicle (EV) battery plant.

Specifically, St. Thomas, Ontario. Run by VW-owned company PowerCo, the new manufacturing plant will focus on creating sustainable unified battery cells for use in VW group EV products.

Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Rob Flack, left, Central Elgin Mayor Andrew Sloan and St. Thomas Mayor Joe Preston shake hands after announcing an agreement between the two municipalities for land ...

A dump truck is loaded with fill as work continues to ready the site of Volkswagen’s PowerCo electric vehicle battery plant in St. Thomas. Photograph taken on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (Mike ...

Although the batteries won't start rolling off the line for about three more years, St. Thomas continues to gear up for the arrival of the massive Volkswagen/PowerCo vehicle battery plant.

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The St. Thomas and District Chamber of Commerce’s 2024 “Lunch with the Mayors” provided some rare insights on Thursday, Feb. 15 into what’s on the bargaining table in Central Elgin’s ...

Volkswagen to open first North American EV battery plant in St. Thomas, Ont. Premier Doug Ford, right, meets with Sebastian Wolf, chief operating officer of PowerCo SE, on Feb 23.

New St. Thomas, Ont. Volkswagen EV battery plant to create 3,000 jobs Back to video We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or ...

The City of St. Thomas is considering plans to replace the 150 acres of trees cut down to make way for construction of the Volkswagen-PowerCo electric vehicle (EV) battery manufac-turing ...