Stellantis has yet to resume construction of the battery module portion of its $5-billion electric-vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont., even though Premier Doug Ford has pledged an undisclosed amount of additional financial support for the project.
The automaker and its partner LG Energy Solution stopped construction of the NextStar Energy plant May 15, alleging the federal government wasn’t holding up its end of a deal potentially worth billions in incentives.
In a letter dated April 19, the heads of Stellantis and LG Energy Solution told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the project was in jeopardy if he did not honour what the company says was a promise in writing to close the “competitive gap posed by the U.S. legislation,” according to a report in the Toronto Star newspaper.
“This is all about saving jobs and giving people the quality of life they deserve in southwestern Ontario.”
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