Author of the article: Dave Waddell
Publishing date: Feb 25, 2021 • February 25, 2021 • 3 minute read • Joe Goncalves, left, director of investment attraction and corporate marketing with the WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation and Stephen MacKenzie, president and CEO of the organization, are shown at their downtown Windsor office on Thursday, February 25, 2021. WEEDC is working to bring a high-tech auto battery plant to the city. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star
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The WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation has submitted a bid to land an electric vehicle battery production plant that has been described as the most advanced Canadian effort to date to secure the country’s first such facility.
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Windsor’s efforts to land Canada’s first electric vehicle battery plant received a boost Friday when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed the federal government would back the bid with the same level of financial commitment it has made to the Detroit 3 automakers’ electrification plans.
Windsor is trying to land a $2-billion battery manufacturing plant that would create 2,000 direct jobs.
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“Absolutely,” said Trudeau when asked if the federal government was prepared to invest at the same level to establish a domestic electric vehicle battery supply chain.