Electric vehicles

Porsche calls it “launch control.” But you can just refer to it as a gut-wrenching, head-snapping good time. Read More

Automotive manufacturers in London and Southwestern Ontario may see years of disruption, including production shut downs, as the “revolution” of transforming to electric vehicle and battery production will not be a smooth ride, say industry and supply chain experts. Read More

GM Canada issued “major layoffs” at the Cami Assembly auto plant in Ingersoll on Friday, sending its entire workforce home, the automaker and union say. Read More

The automaker, whose brands include Chrysler, is also believed to be reviewing its entire Canadian footprint, perhaps imperiling the Stellantis production facility in Brampton over an apparent delay by the federal government in signing a final pact to help fund the multi-billion-dollar project in Windsor. Read More

German automaker Volkswagen plans to bring a new battery manufacturing plant to St. Thomas in 2027 as Southwestern Ontario joins the tide of change sweeping the automotive and manufacturing sector – electric vehicles. The plant will be built on a portion of 600 hectares of land assembled in St. Thomas

Just how to finance a new product with a limited history is still being sorted out by financial institutions and automakers’ financial arms. Read More

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. Read More

The Ontario government is going big-game hunting, and St. Thomas is the bait. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More