Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German carmaker Volkswagen has decided to build a plant in Canada to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles, dashing Oklahoma ...

Volkswagen announced today that its first battery factory outside Europe will be located in St. Thomas, Ontario. The location will build the automaker’s new unified cells, with the start of production ...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a massive deal with German automaker Volkswagen Group to implement its first electric vehicle plant outside of Europe in the country. Canada has ...

Volkswagen Group plans to build its first North American battery cell manufacturing plant in St. Thomas, Ont., as the automaker establishes a regional supply chain to build electric vehicles for ...

The Volkswagen Group officially announced that it will build a new lithium-ion EV battery cell factory in North America, which will be located in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada (midway between Toronto ...

From left: Oliver Blume, CEO Volkswagen Group; Thomas Schmall, Group Board Member Technology; Hon. François-Philippe Champagne, Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Volkswagen Group ...

As part of its North American electric vehicle (EV) strategy, the Volkswagen Group’s battery company PowerCo SE plans to build its largest gigafactory in St. Thomas, Ontario/Canada. The company plans ...

The Volkswagen Group and its battery subsidiary PowerCo have announced their intention to start scouting locations for the automaker's first battery cell gigafactory outside Europe. The companies said ...

Volkswagen has chosen a Canadian site for the first EV battery factory of its new PowerCo business unit outside Europe. Located in St. Thomas, Ontario, the factory is expected to start producing ...

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government agreed to subsidies that may top C$13 billion ($9.7 billion) over a decade to land an electric vehicle battery plant by Volkswagen AG, the company’s ...

Volkswagen AG has chosen Canada to build its first battery plant outside Europe in a bid to fast-track an expansion in the key U.S. market. The site, in St. Thomas, Ontario, is slated to start ...