Advanced Manufacturing · ON · #13 of 131 disclosed prospectus tickets

PowerCo (Volkswagen) Gigafactory

Summit deal plate

St. Thomas; cells for ~1M EVs/yr

At a glance

Proponent
PowerCo / Volkswagen
Capex (as printed)
C$7.0B C$ source
Capex (US$, midpoint)
US$5.1B
Stage
Under construction
Location
42.78°N, 81.20°W
Summit deal plate
Yes — in the 167-project prospectus pitched Sept 14–15 2026
Fast-track list
No MPO referral on record
Project location.

Modelled GDP contribution Modelled

Build 2026–2029 at 55% construction value-added, then 12% of capex per year operating. Peak US$703M/yr · cumulative 2026–40 US$9.2B.

US$0MUS$200MUS$400MUS$600M2026203020352040

Connectivity · nearest existing infrastructure

Straight-line distance from the project point to the nearest vertex of each network layer.

Railway4 km
Major highway7 km
Transmission ≥230 kV132 km
Pipeline100 km
PortHamilton122 km
Generating stationBruce A/B (6,550 MW)175 km
City >50kLondon22 km

Nearest other projects

Vianode Synthetic Graphite PlantAdvanced Manufacturing5 km
Via TWO (synthetic graphite)Minerals & Metals97 km
10 GW Integrated Gigafactory CampusClean Energy113 km
Xanadu — Large-Scale Quantum MachineDigital Technology175 km
Bruce CPower & Utilities175 km

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Crawford NickelAdvanced / FEEDUS$2.0B
Via TWO (synthetic graphite)Advanced / FEEDUS$2.0B

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