Volkswagen

An enormous shipment bound for an Elgin County tool and die company has finally arrived at a Lake Erie beach town after a three-month voyage that began more than 12,000 kilometres away.

As St. Thomas prepares for a population boom from a manufacturing surge driven by Volkswagen's factory, city council has approved a pair of proposals that will add a total of nearly 400 new homes.

Facing a housing crunch with its population expected to swell once Volkswagen’s electric-vehicle battery plant opens, St. Thomas is turning to creative ways to bulk up its housing supply.

Industry watchers appear divided over the potential impact on London’s housing market of possible tariffs on Canadian exports to the U.S., especially if they lead to Volkswagen pulling the plug on its St. Thomas battery plant.

A diplomatic solution is needed to stop a crippling tariff on Canadian imports to the U.S., and a possible threat to the Volkswagen plant in St. Thomas now under construction

Southwestern Ontario may lose a $7-billion investment and the 3,000 jobs that come with it if Canadian industry is hit with a 25 per cent tariff from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, one trade expert says. Volkswagen, now building an electric vehicle battery plant in St. Thomas, may be forced to

PowerCo has landed a major supplier that will help it assemble electric vehicle batteries, the first deal announced for the St. Thomas manufacturer.

London’s once hot economy remains “healthy” although it slowed this year to a steady pace that is expected to continue through 2025, says an economic report released Thursday. London enjoyed a 3.2 per cent increase in the value of goods made here, called gross domestic product or GDP, in 2023

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

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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

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.