{"id":224026,"date":"2022-05-02T15:26:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T19:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=224026"},"modified":"2022-05-02T15:26:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T19:26:22","slug":"stellantis-investing-2-8-billion-for-ev-development-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2022\/05\/stellantis-investing-2-8-billion-for-ev-development-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Stellantis Investing $2.8 Billion for EV Development in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stellantis plans to re-tool its assembly plant in Brampton, Ontario to build electric vehicles based on new EV architecture as part of a $2.8 billion investment designed to prepare the company\u2019s Canadian operations for an electric future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stellantis is investing $2.8 billion into its electrification plans in Ontario, Canada.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The company said the new investment in Ontario, Canada ensures the future of the Windsor and Brampton assembly plants while expanding its Automotive Research and Development Center in Windsor to accelerate the automaker\u2019s transition to a sustainable future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese investments re-affirm our long-term commitment to Canada and represent an important step as we move toward zero-emission vehicles that deliver on our customers\u2019 desire for innovative, clean, safe and affordable mobility,\u201d said Stellantis North America Chief Operating Officer Mark Stewart, alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who was on hand for the announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charging ahead<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Stellantis and LG Energy are building a new EV battery plant in Windsor, Ontario. It should be ready in two years.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Stewart said the announcement in Windsor, which is across the Detroit River from Detroit, is part the company\u2019s long-term strategy to invest $35 billion<\/a><\/span><\/strong> through 2025 in electrification and software globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement increases the Stellantis\u2019 overall investment in Ontario to $6.7 billion, or $8.6 billion CAD, when combined with the Stellantis-LG Energy Solution joint venture battery plant<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, which will create 2,500\u00a0new jobs in the province. It also doubles the investment commitment of $1.2 billion, or $1.5 billion CAD, made during the 2020 contract talks.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday\u2019s deal on made-in-Canada electric vehicles is yet another investment in our workers and in our future,\u201d said Trudeau. \u201cWe\u2019re building a world-class Canadian auto industry, an innovative economy, and a clean, strong future for everyone. This is what a healthy environment and a healthy economy looks like.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Battery plant and engineering lab part of the plan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The company’s Brampton, Ontario plant is going to get a retooling starting in 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As part of the investment, Windsor Assembly Plant will be transformed to support production of a new multi-energy vehicle (MEV) architecture that will provide battery-electric capability for multiple vehicles. The plant will have maximum flexibility to adjust production volumes as needed to meet changing market demand during the next decade. Retooling is expected to begin in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Brampton Assembly Plant will be retooled and fully modernized, beginning in 2024. When production resumes in 2025, the plant will introduce an all-new, flexible architecture to support the company\u2019s electrification plans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this announcement, both Ontario assembly plants are expected to return to three shift operations in order to support the demand for these new products, Stewart said. The company will announce product allocation at a later date<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Windsor-based ARDC will expand its talent pool by adding more than 650 highly skilled engineering jobs in various areas to support Stellantis\u2019 growth in electrification. It will expand North American capability related to the transition to EV with a focus on core technology areas: electrified propulsion systems, including batteries; power electronics; electric machines; motor controls; energy management and embedded software.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stellantis is investing $2.8 billion in its Ontario, Canada-based operations to enhance and accelerate the development of electrified vehicles. The move is part of the company\u2019s $35 billion plan to invest in electric vehicles and software around the world. Find out what\u2019s coming at TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20009,"featured_media":159345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,10,1169,2648,9],"tags":[5891,5893,1779,3215,377,5892],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224026"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224026"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224030,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224026\/revisions\/224030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224026"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=224026"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=224026"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=224026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}