Tag: Electric vehicles
Drivers want electric vehicles. But can they afford them?
WINDSOR – For all the technological advances and excitement generated by an auto industry transitioning to electric vehicles, the business remains all about the bottom line.
Thousands of spinoff jobs expected from VW’s St. Thomas electric battery plant
A new Volkswagen automotive manufacturing plant in St. Thomas may bring supplier plants and industries with it, creating an additional 5,000 jobs, the president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturing Association says.
Area ‘mega-site’ needed to land new industry: Cabinet minister
The Ontario government is going big-game hunting, and St. Thomas is the bait.
Queen’s Park rejigs boundary, more land assembled amid big local manufacturing dreams
A parcel of land assembled by the City of St. Thomas to woo manufacturing has nearly doubled in size, just as the Ontario government throws its support behind the effort.
German media fan flames Ontario may land Volkswagen EV battery plant
Talk of Ontario landing a new electric vehicle battery plant is growing, as is the focus on the London region as its potential new home.