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Volkswagen VW

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News, articles and insights regarding Volkswagen’s electric vehicles in Canada and related VW company activities.

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

Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Battery Supply Chain, Mining Resources for EVs, Ontario, Volkswagen Group, Volkswagen VW

Emma Jarratt
April 22, 2023
6 minute read

View of Volkswagen ID.7 electric vehicle

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

Electric Vehicles Canada, Volkswagen Group, Volkswagen VW

Mehanaz Yakub
April 20, 2023
3 minute read

Volkswagen chooses Ontario for its first North American EV battery factory

The German automaker announced today it has chosen St. Thomas for the site of a new battery cell manufacturing plant, after months of negotiations with the province and federal government

Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Battery Supply Chain, EV Supply Chain, Ontario, Volkswagen VW

Emma Jarratt
March 13, 2023
4 minute read

concept image of electric vehicles with title text that reads 'Q1 2023 EV TRACKER'

Q1 2023: A new year, some new EVs for Canadian buyers

Our Q1 2023 quarterly roundup of new EVs coming to market in Canada through the end of March includes a few luxury EVs as well as new trims of old favourites

BMW, Cadillac, Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Rebates, Incentives & Funding, General Motors GM, Kia, Lucid, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz Canada, VinFast Canada, Volkswagen VW

Sami Haj-Assaad
February 2, 2023
6 minute read

Volkswagen zeroes in on Ontario as potential North American battery factory location

EXCLUSIVE: Lobbyist registry documents filed just before the new year reveal the German automaker is taking a hard look at the “viability” of Ontario, and that the province is offering “competitive” development incentives

EV Battery Supply Chain, Ontario, Volkswagen Group, Volkswagen VW

Emma Jarratt
January 6, 2023
3 minute read

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, minister Francois-Philippe Champagne and Markus Schaefer - Mercedes-Benz Group celebrate signing of automanufacturer memorandums of Volkswagon and Mercedes

VW, Mercedes sign MOUs with Canada to secure battery minerals supply, hint at more value-added news to come

The twin Memorandums of Understanding signed today in Toronto cement the status of Volkswagen’s newly created battery company PowerCo as a force to watch on the market, while Mercedes indicates unprecedented interest in its Canadian activities

Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Battery Supply Chain, EV Manufacturing, Mercedes-Benz Canada, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Volkswagen VW

Emma Jarratt
August 23, 2022
4 minute read

Volkswagen sets ID.4 up for Canadian market success as first all-wheel-drive electric SUV to be rebate-eligible

For some time Volkswagen has been claiming that they will be “People’s Car of Electric Vehicles”. Peter Vella dives into why last week’s announcement of Canadian pricing for the ID.4 supports that

EV Rebates, Incentives & Funding, pricing, Volkswagen VW

Peter Vella
April 15, 2021
5 minute read

Volkswagen’s ID.4 to cost $44,995 in Canada, qualifying for federal rebate

The relatively affordable 400-kilometre range crossover SUV will be rolled out first in Quebec and British Columbia this summer before becoming more widely available in 2022

EV Rebates, Incentives & Funding, pricing, Volkswagen VW

Luke Sarabia
April 12, 2021
3 minute read

Automakers

Volkswagen targets mid-2021 for Canadian launch of its fully electric ID.4 SUV

Today’s ID.4 global debut — an SUV with more than 400 kilometres of range — follows the launch of the compact ID.3 in select markets, and kicks off a transformative plan to roll out 75 all-electric VW models worldwide by 2029

Electric Vehicles Canada, Volkswagen VW

Luke Sarabia
September 23, 2020
3 minute read

Volkswagen unveils concept for autonomous EV charging robot. Source: Volkswagen

EV Charging

VW autonomous robot has potential to solve EV charging problem in condos

Volkswagen’s robot concept, which does not have an expected release date, would deliver and connect battery packs to vehicles, eliminating the need for dedicated EV charging spots

Electric Vehicles Canada, EV charging in condos and MURBs, Public EV Charging, Volkswagen VW

Luke Sarabia
January 7, 2020
2 minute read