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From rockets to machine-learning software to construction projects - 4th-year University of Windsor engineering students were hyped July 29.

With electric vehicles becoming increasingly popular — especially as gas prices soar — industry experts say future repairs could be costly and harder to access unless automakers provide service information to independent mechanics. 

A $3.6 billion investment by Stellantis into Windsor Assembly Plant and the expansion of the company’s research and development centre on Rhodes Drive is being lauded by experts as a foundational game-changer for Windsor-Essex.

Governments of all levels put up hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money as incentive to lure the $5 billion electric vehicle battery plant to Windsor and that includes a sizeable contribution from the city.

As a microchip shortage continues to idle the automotive industry in Windsor, the federal government is set to spend $150 million to develop domestic production of electronic components.