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St. Thomas lands Volkswagen EV battery plant
European automaker Volkswagen says it plans to build an electric vehicle battery plant in St. Thomas. It says the facility will be its first overseas "gigafactory'' for battery cell manufacturing...
94.1 myFM News staff Mar 13, 2023
Volkswagen selects St. Thomas as the home for it's first overseas EV battery facility
As announced earlier today, Volkswagen and and its battery operation, PowerCo, announced they have selected St. Thomas as the site of Volkswagen's first overseas gigafactory for battery cell manufactu...
94.1 myFM News staff Mar 13, 2023
Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to deliver welcome address to Volkswagen in St. Thomas Friday
As myFM has previously shared, the city of St. Thomas has been designated as the site of German auto giant Volkswagen's first overseas gigafactory. Residents will finally get more details on the deal ...
94.1 myFM News staff Apr 20, 2023
With today's Volkswagen announcement, 'the city has secured its future'- St. Thomas Mayor Joe Preston
With the announcement Monday that Volkswagen has chosen St. Thomas as the site for first overseas gigafactory for battery cell manufacturing, Mayor Joe Preston proclaimed the city has secured its futu...
94.1 myFM News staff Mar 14, 2023
VW announcement: St. Thomas is "the place to build the future together" - PM Justin Trudeau
Calling St. Thomas the place to build the future together, PM Justin Trudeau was in St. Thomas this morning to officially announce the city will be home to Volkswagen's first EV battery plant in North...
94.1 myFM News staff Apr 21, 2023
VW gigaplant: Neighbours express concerns about chemical waste, noise pollution and traffic
Jenna Tranter thought she had finally found rural tranquillity a decade ago when she bought a lush 25-acre farm where she could teach horseback riding, removed from the traffic and noise of a major ci...
94.1 myFM News staff May 19, 2023
Historic settlement for boundary adjustment compensation 'a solid first step on the path to prosperity' - Central Elgin Mayor Andrew Sloan
After losing hundreds of acres of farmland to the City of St. Thomas for its new industrial park, the Municipality of Central Elgin today (Friday) announced it has reached an historic compensation set...
94.1 myFM News staff Apr 19, 2024
Thousands of trees to be removed from city's new industrial park
Site preparation has begun on what is to become the home of the Volkswagen EV battery plant. There are five bush lots to be cleared on the 1,500 acre site, much of which was formally located in Centra...
94.1 myFM News staff Mar 22, 2023
20-year break-even point on government EV battery subsidies
The parliamentary budget officer says it will take the federal and Ontario governments 20 years to break even on their electric-vehicle battery deals with two automotive giants. The two governments ar...
94.1 myFM News staff Sep 14, 2023
Community spotlight: Whistle-stop tour of VW facilities in Germany bodes well for long-term relationship with St. Thomas
A trip to Germany earlier this month by a St. Thomas delegation was described as "full of new learnings." Mayor Joe Preston, St. Thomas Economic Development Corp. chair Sean Dyke and city ma...
94.1 myFM News staff Dec 26, 2023