Building Electric Vehicles: Why Volkswagen Chose Ontario | The Agenda

This week, Volkswagen announced it will build its first ever overseas battery "gigafactory" in St. Thomas, Ontario. The German automaker now joins five other major auto manufacturers creating a foothold in this province. This is after federal and provincial ministers crisscrossed the globe, enticing them to make their electric cars in Canada. Deals potentially worth billions of dollars and thousands of jobs are being inked, with Ontario minerals possibly acting as the raw materials. What could this investment mean for the province, and the Ford government's wider plans for electric vehicle production?

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