{"id":12960,"date":"2022-08-23T15:10:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T15:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/23\/vw-strikes-a-deal-with-canada-to-build-ev-batteries-in-north-america\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T15:10:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T15:10:37","slug":"vw-strikes-a-deal-with-canada-to-build-ev-batteries-in-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/23\/vw-strikes-a-deal-with-canada-to-build-ev-batteries-in-north-america\/","title":{"rendered":"VW strikes a deal with Canada to build EV batteries in North America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/23\/23317976\/vw-ev-battery-gigafactory-canada-deal\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/23\/23317976\/vw-ev-battery-gigafactory-canada-deal<\/a><br \/>\n<code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<div readability=\"83.694259567388\">\n<p id=\"Gd0W03\">Volkswagen signed a memorandum of understanding with the Canadian government to \u201cexplore opportunities\u201d to bring some of its electric vehicle battery manufacturing to the country. <\/p>\n<p id=\"ZYRZJL\">The move is seen as an effort to ensure that the automaker\u2019s plug-in vehicles qualify for the US\u2019s revamped EV tax credits, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23310457\/inflation-reduction-act-ev-tax-credit-act-explainer-how-to\">place stricter requirements<\/a> on where battery and vehicle manufacturing can be done. <\/p>\n<p id=\"pZGc5D\">VW says it plans to build a \u201cdedicated Gigafactory\u201d somewhere in North America, and today\u2019s agreement most likely increases Canada\u2019s chances of being selected as the location. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-float-right\">\n<aside id=\"onUYeX\"><q>VW says it plans to build a \u201cdedicated Gigafactory\u201d somewhere in North America<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"IU3gKT\">The automaker is tasking its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/7\/7\/23198203\/volkswagen-ev-battery-factory-power-co-investment\">battery supply management company, Power Co,<\/a> with spearheading the site search as well as sourcing key ingredients for EV batteries, like nickel, cobalt, and lithium. Power Co will also play a key role in cathode production in North America, VW says. <\/p>\n<p id=\"soH7XF\">Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/3\/15\/22325813\/vw-volkswagen-power-day-battery-electric-car-announcement\">VW unveiled plans<\/a> to build six battery cell production plants in Europe by 2030, including the facility in Salzgitter, Germany, and one in Skellefte\u00e5, Sweden. A third plant will be established in Valencia, Spain, and the fourth factory will be based in Eastern Europe. The plants will eventually have a production capacity of 240 gigawatt-hours a year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"fCaHN2\">The Inflation Reduction Act, which was signed into law earlier this month by President Joe Biden, revamps the EV tax credit by adding tough new requirements about parts and supply chains. To qualify, EVs must be assembled in North America or by a US trading partner and must include battery components that are mostly sourced in North America. <\/p>\n<p id=\"25rPgt\">VW recently began production of its flagship EV, the ID.4 crossover SUV, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/4\/23291919\/vw-id4-2023-price-ev-electric-crossover-specs\">at its plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee<\/a>. Even so, the automaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/15\/23306417\/ev-tax-credit-binding-contract-electric-vehicle\">emailed customers<\/a> recently to say it \u201ccannot guarantee\u201d that the EV will be eligible for the tax credit due to the fact that its batteries are not made in North America. Other automakers are similarly scrambling to shift supply chains to ensure they are eligible for the $7,500 customer incentive. <\/p>\n<p id=\"bbS0k1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/22302883\/vw-id4-review-volkswagen-ev-specs-range-photos-video\">The ID.4<\/a> is VW\u2019s most popular EV, having delivered 190,000 vehicles to customers globally since its release in 2021. VW CEO Herbert Diess, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/7\/22\/23274382\/volkswagen-ceo-herbert-diess-replace-porsche-oliver-blume\">stepping down in September<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/5\/4\/23057268\/volkswagen-vw-electric-cars-sold-out-supply-chain\">said in May 2022<\/a> that the company was \u201cbasically sold out on electric vehicles in Europe and in the United States\u201d for the year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/23\/23317976\/vw-ev-battery-gigafactory-canada-deal\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/23\/23317976\/vw-ev-battery-gigafactory-canada-deal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Volkswagen signed a memorandum of understanding with the Canadian government to \u201cexplore opportunities\u201d to bring some of its electric vehicle battery manufacturing to the country. The move is seen as an effort to ensure that the automaker\u2019s plug-in vehicles qualify for the US\u2019s revamped EV tax credits, which place stricter requirements on where battery [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,8],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-12960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","category-technology","tag-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VW strikes a deal with Canada to build EV batteries in North America - Science and Nerds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/23\/vw-strikes-a-deal-with-canada-to-build-ev-batteries-in-north-america\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VW strikes a deal with Canada to build EV batteries in North America - Science and Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source: Volkswagen signed a memorandum of understanding with the Canadian government to \u201cexplore opportunities\u201d to bring some of its electric vehicle battery manufacturing to the country. 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