VW eyes Canada in search for first N.A. battery cell plant ... The source said Canada was "a logical option" for the plant, which would be VW's first gigafactory outside Europe.
The move was described as an expansion of the memorandum of understanding signed between VW and mineral-rich Canada in August, in which they agreed to intensify efforts to secure access to lithium, nickel and cobalt.
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