$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.

Central Elgin is establishing a planning department to prepare for a population surge driven by Volkswagen’s massive electric vehicle battery plant scheduled to open in neighbouring St. Thomas ...

The deal has been in the works since April 2022, according to government officials The Ontario government has announced the construction of a Volkswagen electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing ...

Volkswagen selects St. Thomas, Ont. for first overseas battery plant The world's largest automaker selected the small community south of London, Ont. as a new battery plant ...

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 plant by ...

In a milestone investment, automaker Volkswagen will build a massive new electric vehicle battery plant in St. Thomas. Expected to employ more than 2,000, the 185,000-square-metre (two-million ...

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.

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.

Frustration mounts as VW land deal talks drag on one year later Central Elgin, whose lands were annexed for the Volkswagen electric vehicle battery plant in neighbouring St. Thomas, is ...

The hot topic was Volkswagen-PowerCo plans to build the German motor vehicle manufacturer’s first overseas electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in St. Thomas by 2027.

The plant will create up to 3,000 direct jobs and 30,000 indirect jobs in the region. It will be operated by PowerCo, the battery subsidiary Volkswagen created last year.

OTTAWA — German auto giant Volkswagen will build its first overseas battery plant in St. Thomas, Ont. The company announced Monday morning that they had selected the small community south of ...