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Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Friday March 25, 2022

Ottawa and Ontario to invest in electric vehicle battery plant

October 16, 2020

Ontario’s auto industry is getting a much-needed jolt.

The provincial and federal governments are plugging hundreds of millions of dollars into a new electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor in an attempt to offset a much larger flow of EV investments to the United States under President Joe Biden’s “Buy America” push.

The $4 billion factory — to be announced Wednesday by automaker Stellantis (formerly Fiat Chrysler) and its battery partner LG Energy — will see contributions larger than the $132 million each level of government gave Honda last week to expand its plant in Alliston, sources told the Star.

Locating the plant in Ontario raises the odds of building more electric vehicles in the province as car companies speed their transition from internal combustion engines, said Flavio Volpe of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association.

“We’ve landed a big one. This is major investors doing a generational investment on this side of the Detroit River,” Volpe added.

“It says they’re comfortable they can go to their shareholders, their boards of directors and say this Buy America policy, just like every other Buy America since (former U.S. president Richard) Nixon, starts off very strict, but ultimately includes Canada.”

January 21, 2021

The “Buy American” policy, which Premier Doug Ford travelled to Washington, D.C. on Monday to combat, would provide hefty subsidies for consumers south of the border to buy U.S.-made electric vehicles.

In a speech there, Ford urged Americans to keep “two-way trade flowing” for the sake of jobs in both countries, and noted Ontario’s mining sector is “unlocking the northern minerals that will power batteries of the electric vehicle revolution.”

Ford is travelling to Windsor for the announcement with Francois-Philippe Champagne, the federal minister of innovation, science and industry, and federal Transportation Minister Omar Alghabra.

Having the battery plant in Windsor is seen as a good omen for the Stellantis auto assembly plant in Brampton, which employs 3,000 workers building gas-powered muscle cars that are being phased out in December 2023. The plant, which has no product mandate beyond that date, also accounts for about 10,000 jobs at suppliers.

Replacement electric models are expected to be made in Belvidere, Illinois to take advantage of Biden’s EV subsidies, which are worth up to $12,500 (U.S.) for domestic buyers of union-made vehicles.

“If you’re going to be in the business of making batteries at volume in Ontario, the prospects appear a little brighter today for Brampton,” said Volpe.

The Windsor investment follows at least $25 billion in EV expansions by various automakers into Michigan, Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio that raised concerns about Ontario being left behind. (Toronto Star) 

 

Posted in: Canada Tagged: 2022-10, Buy America, China, diplomacy, Doug Ford, electric vehicles, EV, Joe Biden, manufacturing, monsters, Ontario, Trade, USA
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