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Battery plant timelines diverge: VW PowerCo “on track” for 2027; Northvolt delayed until 2028

These details, published in separate reports last week, reflect the different ways the two projects are positioned in North America’s shifting EV marketplace

Brian Banks

Sep 3, 2024

3 minute read

Volkswagen announces $77,495 Canadian MSRP for the 2025 ID. Buzz

The all-electric, seven-seat passenger van, with retro styling modelled after the iconic VW Bus of the 1960s, will start arriving at Canadian dealers late this year

Brian Banks

Aug 21, 2024

3 minute read

Growing availability of electric vans and pickups boosts options for Canadian commercial fleets

Our up-to-the-minute roundup of electric commercial vans and pickups that are, or soon will be, available in Canada

Mehanaz Yakub

Apr 18, 2024

11 minute read

Volkswagen on track to break ground, host supplier days for Ontario battery gigafactory

Speaking at Electric Autonomy’s EV Innovation & Technology Conference, Robert Weggässer, interim CFO at the VW St. Thomas battery gigafactory, shared updates on the project’s big year ahead

Mehanaz Yakub

Feb 14, 2024

3 minute read

Exclusive: New Ontario rep David Paterson, minister Vic Fedeli, predict “banner year” for EV battery supply chain

In a candid — and exclusive — conversation, provincial minister Vic Fedeli and Ontario’s new Representative in Washington, D.C., David Paterson, talk the future of batteries and EVs in the province

Emma Jarratt

Dec 15, 2023

5 minute read

EXCLUSIVE: Trademark application for new Volkswagen-Umicore joint venture, Ionway, filed in Canada

Public registry documents show a trademark application filing with the Canadian government for Ionway in April

Emma Jarratt

Oct 11, 2023

3 minute read

VW ID.4 driver sets road-trip-charging world record in Canada

The Guinness World Record trip involved travelling over 7,000km from St. John’s to Victoria and making 18 charging stops

Mehanaz Yakub

Aug 10, 2023

3 minute read

Exclusive: Pierre Boutin on the future for Volkswagen in Canada

Catching up with Volkswagen Canada’s President and CEO at the EV & Charging Expo this month, Electric Autonomy gets exclusive insight into VW’s Canadian business plan

Emma Jarratt

Jun 5, 2023

8 minute read

VW’s $20-billion Ontario battery factory launched with big talk, goals, subsidies

At Friday’s announcement in St. Thomas, the automaker, Prime Minister Trudeau, Ontario Premier Ford and local leaders detailed joint investment plans and anticipated returns for a plant that will occupy a sprawling 370-acre site and make one million batteries

Emma Jarratt

Apr 22, 2023

6 minute read

Volkswagen unveils new all-electric ID.7 sedan, with Canadian availability in late 2024

Canadian pricing for the ID.7, the first upper mid-size sedan in VW’s EV lineup, was not announced. VW says it will have a range of up to 700 kilometres

Mehanaz Yakub

Apr 20, 2023

4 minute read