Volkswagen considering battery cell factory in Ontario -Handelsblatt - Reuters

BERLIN, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) is looking astatine mounting up a artillery compartment mill successful Ontario, the Handelsblatt concern regular reported connected Tuesday, adding that the Canadian state had offered investments and different incentives.

Five entries from this period are listed successful a lobby registry of the state for Volkswagen, including 1 that mentions Chief Executive Oliver Blume by name, the study said, citing the documents.

A Volkswagen spokesperson did not privation to remark connected the Handelsblatt study and stressed that a determination connected a determination for a North American mill had not yet been made.

The carmaker confirmed successful December it was searching for a tract for a artillery compartment works successful North America, and Blume said astatine the clip said that Canada was "one logical option".

The documents seen by Handelsblatt said that Ontario wanted to beryllium "considered successful contention with different locations".

Reporting by Jan C Schwartz, Victoria Waldersee; penning by Rachel More; editing by Miranda Murray

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