大众汽车的70亿美元电动汽车电池巨型工厂在安大略省圣托马斯开工,生产计划为2027年. Volkswagen’s $7B EV battery gigafactory broke ground in St. Thomas, Ont., with production set for 2027.

在安大略省圣托马斯开始建造Volkswagen的PowerCo EV电池谷仓,它将成为加拿大最大的这种工厂,每年拥有90千瓦时的容量和多达100万辆汽车的空间。 Construction has begun on Volkswagen’s PowerCo EV battery gigafactory in St. Thomas, Ontario, set to become Canada’s largest such plant with a 90 GWh capacity and space for up to one million vehicles annually. 基础工作正在进行中,包括混凝土灌注和形式工作,钢铁公司准备很快开始钢铁安装工作。 Foundation work is underway, including concrete pouring and formwork, with Steelcon set to begin steel erection soon. 这个70亿美元的项目得到了超过160亿美元的联邦激励措施的支持,其目的是创造大约3 000个直接就业机会和30 000个间接就业机会,加强安大略省的汽车和EV供应链。 The $7 billion project, backed by over $16 billion in federal incentives, aims to create around 3,000 direct jobs and 30,000 indirect ones, strengthening Ontario’s auto and EV supply chains. 该设施预计将于2027年开始生产,是过去四年来安大略省汽车和电池投资超过460亿美元这一大波中的一部分。 The facility, expected to start production in 2027, is part of a broader wave of over $46 billion in auto and battery investments in Ontario in the past four years.