STELLANTIS ANNOUNCES CONSTRUCTION OF CAD4 BILLION EV BATTERY PLANT IN WINDSOR, ONTARIO
March 25th, 2022
Stellantis and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution today (Wednesday March 23) announced they would build a CAD5 billion (USD4.1 billion) electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ontario.
It will be the first such plant in the province, and should open in 2024, employing an estimated 2,500 people. It will have an annual battery production capacity of 45 gigawatt hours (GWh) and will supply Stellantis plants in north America.
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said the plant was part of the company’s “aggressive electrification roadmap in the region aimed at ...
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