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CTOnews.com May 13 news, According to Canada's "Toronto Star" reported, Stellantis Group spokesman said in an e-mail, As of 12, The Canadian government has not fulfilled the subsidy company's battery plant in Ontario promise, So the company and South Korean battery manufacturer LG new energy will immediately begin to implement "Emergency plan."

LG New Energy and Stellantis declared that it would cancel the battery plant investment plan unless the subsidy of its investment agreement with the Canadian government was increased to the level announced by Volkswagen this year.

In April, the Canadian government agreed to provide subsidies of up to 13 billion Canadian dollars (CTOnews.com note: currently about 66.735 billion yuan), including annual production subsidies and factory cost subsidies, for Volkswagen's electric vehicle battery plant in the country within ten years.

LG New Energy's joint venture with Stellantis is located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, with a total investment of about 5 billion Canadian dollars (currently about 25.667 billion yuan), making it the largest electric vehicle battery factory in Canada.

The plant was originally scheduled to start production in the first quarter of 2024, with a target annual capacity of more than 45GWh, supporting the production of nearly 600,000 high-performance electric vehicles.

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