VW has picked this city for its first North American gigafactory, as it plans to launch the Scout brand and increase EV production stateside.
, halfway between Toronto and Detroit in Ontario's southwest, half an hour north of the shores of Lake Erie, due to the supply of raw materials as well as sources of clean electricity, the automaker pointed out., it was clear that sites in the province were on the short list for a battery cell production site, due to their proximity to rail networks linked to mining operations in the country's central and western regions, as well as shipping corridors to VW sites in the American south.
"With the decisions for cell production in Canada and a Scout site in South Carolina we're fast-forwarding the execution of our North American strategy," said Oliver Blume, Volkswagen Group CEO.will kick off a year prior to the launch of the Ontario gigafactory, in 2026, so battery packs for the Scout will come from elsewhere for the first year, most likely Europe.
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