Tag: Volkswagen
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VW land grab creates $15M windfall, big dreams for rural community
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A $15-million financial settlement with St. Thomas will chart a “path to prosperity” for neighbouring Central Elgin, the municipality’s mayor says. A recent deal between the city and the rural community may allow the latter to develop the lands of the former St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital, creating homes and adding tax revenue to the local…
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Josephine Bondi, frustrated that her daughter will have to pay international student tuition of $31,377 over two years for the course, questioned why the school has not yet applied to have the Ontario
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Fanshawe College’s electric vehicle technician program is a “cash grab” as the school will charge international student tuition to domestic students, a London woman says. Josephine Bondi, frustrated her daughter would have to pay international student tuition of $31,400 during two years for the course, questions why the school has not yet applied to have…
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Cornies: Here’s an Ontario ad campaign we’d rather see
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By now, you’ve likely seen or heard the ad. It’s been airing (and streaming) for more than three months.
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Central Elgin gets $80M in offsets for land lost to VW mega-factory
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Millions in cash, a big key to unlock future growth – and provincial muscle to help. “Frustrated” only weeks ago by what he called the slow pace of compensation talks, after his municipality lost a big chunk of land to neighbouring St. Thomas to help it land a $7-billion Volkswagen factory, Central Elgin’s mayor was…
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In St. Thomas, optimism high that suppliers will soon arrive along with VW
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After two days of talks with automotive suppliers, Sean Dyke is quietly confident St. Thomas will gain several new manufacturers before the new Volkswagen plant starts production.
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The PowerCo Supplier Days event was held Thursday and manufacturers received a detailed, technical presentation on just about everything from what the requirements are for making batteries and the sup
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TORONTO – Splitting time now between China and Germany, Marcel Queren is looking forward to spending a little time in London and Southwestern Ontario.
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There is some uncertainty growing in the EV sector as consumer interest has cooled and supply chain issues linger, but Volkswagen remains committed to its $7-billion electric vehicle battery plant to
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German auto giant Volkswagen is sticking with a 2027 opening date for its St. Thomas electric vehicle battery plant, as Ford pushes back its start date and other automakers delay their EV strategy.
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The German automaker and its EV battery subsidiary PowerCo is hitting LinkedIn and other job sites with postings for its area plant that is expected to begin production in 2027.
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Volkswagen has begun posting top jobs for its electric vehicle battery assembly plant in St. Thomas. The German automaker and its EV battery subsidiary, PowerCo, are hitting LinkedIn and other job sites with postings for the $7-billion plant expected to begin production in 2027. It may seem early to begin hiring, but executives being brought…
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It was one year ago the Ontario government passed Bill 63 which saw it assemble 1,500 acres of land (600ha) to create an industrial park that would become home to PowerCo, the Volkswagen subsidiary.
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Central Elgin, whose lands were annexed for the Volkswagen electric vehicle battery plant in neighbouring St. Thomas, is “frustrated” by lack on progress in compensation talks, its mayor says.
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New power line planned to feed Volkswagen battery plant in St. Thomas
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Ontario’s provincial power distributor is preparing for a surge of activity in the St. Thomas region, planning a new high-voltage power line to help juice auto giant Volkswagen’s new electric vehicle battery plant.