Ev Batteries
-
Northvolt says Quebec EV battery plant project will continue ‘as planned’As of last month, the plant was supposed to begin manufacturing electric battery cells and producing cathode active material by 2026.ConsumerJul 2, 2024
-
Montreal activists seeking federal environmental review of Northvolt plantActivists are demanding a federal environmental assessment be held on the impact Northvolt's EV battery making plant will have on the local eco-system.CanadaJun 25, 2024
-
Northvolt should turn Quebec into a major EV player. So why are people so unhappy?Premier Legault has lauded it as the 'greenest electric battery factory in the world,' but since then, the $7-billion project has angered environmentalists across the province.CanadaMay 12, 2024
![]()
-
Volkswagen, Stellantis subsidies will take 20 years to break even: watchdogAn analysis from the Parliamentary Budget Officer finds it will take the federal and Ontario governments two decades to break even on EV-battery manufacturing subsidies.CanadaSep 12, 2023
![]()
-
Copper foil plant for use in electric vehicles to open in QuebecThe Quebec government is giving the company a $150-million loan, part of which is forgivable, for the $750-million project that is expected to create 260 jobs.EconomySep 5, 2023
![]()
-
St. Lawrence Seaway shippers eye EV materials, but wheat and ore remain the staplesTerence Bowles, who heads the seaway's management authority, said Canada remains "in the early throes'' of cobalt and lithium development for electric car batteries.CanadaMar 22, 2023
![]()
-
How electric vehicles are sparking a battery recycling revolutionA new generation of Canadian recyclers have sprung up to make sure used EV batteries — and the precious minerals inside — don’t go to waste.CanadaFeb 4, 2023
![]()
-
Alberta-based E3 Lithium gets $37M from feds to support oilfield lithium extractionE3 Lithium has developed a technology to extract lithium, a light metal used to make EV batteries, from oilfield brines.EconomyNov 28, 2022
![]()
-
World’s top automakers plan to spend $1.2T through 2023 on EVs, batteriesThe EV investment figure, which has not previously been published, dwarfs previous investment estimates by Reuters and is more than twice the most recent calculation a year ago.WorldOct 21, 2022
![]()
-
Canada signs EV agreements with Volkswagen, Mercedes-BenzThe separate agreements will see the two German auto manufacturers secure access to Canadian raw materials for batteries in electric vehicles.CanadaAug 23, 2022
![]()
