Electric Vehicle Battery

• EV battery deals to cost $5.8B more than government projected: PBO report

  The report, released Friday, analyzes the costs to governments of recent deals struck to locate EV battery manufacturing facilities in Canada.

  Canada

  Nov 17, 2023
  
• Some McMasterville, Que., residents oppose building of $7B EV battery plant

  Plans to build a state of the art gigafactory aiming to make the greenest electric vehicle batteries in the world are sparking concerns among those who live around the area.

  Politics

  Sep 29, 2023
  
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• Northvolt to build ‘historic’ $7B battery factory near Montreal, governments to pitch in

  The 170-hectare site will have initial capacity to produce about 30 gigawatt hours of annual cell manufacturing when it goes into production in 2026.

  Economy

  Sep 28, 2023
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• Canada pushes ahead on battery production with billions in investments

  Research firm BloombergNEF pushed Canada's position in its annual global ranking of battery-producing countries ahead of everyone else but China.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2022
• Federal budget will include $2B for electric vehicle battery development: sources

  The Liberals' federal budget will include $2 billion in funding to ramp up the extraction of processing of critical minerals for electric vehicle battery development, sources say.

  Environment

  Apr 5, 2022
• ‘We cannot keep up’: Port Moody firefighters call for more training after electric vehicle fire

  The vehicle caught fire hours after nearly crushing its own driver as it rolled into the ocean at the Rocky Point boat launch.

  Fire

  May 16, 2019