Lithium-Ion Batteries

• Strathcona County firefighters warn of lithium-ion battery risks after home destroyed

  In the early morning hours of Saturday, July 20, Strathcona County firefighters were called to a fire at a home in a rural part of the county.

  Fire

  Jul 30
  
• Quebec, Ottawa pledge $300M for GM electric car battery component plant

  The factory will manufacture cathode-active materials, a key component of lithium-ion batteries found in electric cars. It is expected to create 200 jobs when it opens in 2025.

  Canada

  May 29, 2023
  
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• Next step in Ontario EV auto strategy is a lithium hydroxide plant: minister

  Ontario Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli calls it the 'sleeper story' of the province's massive auto industry transition.

  Canada

  May 11, 2023
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• The EV revolution is igniting these surprising companies

  More EVs are showing up on the road. New economic opportunities springing up related to that. This includes service technicians, mining, charging stations and battery recycling.

  Economy

  Feb 10, 2023
• Imperial Oil signs deal with E3 Lithium to advance pilot project in Alberta’s historic Leduc oilfield

  The agreement will see Imperial invest $6.35 million in E3 Lithium, a junior resource company that has developed a technology to extract lithium from oilfield brines.

  Economy

  Jun 23, 2022
• UBC Okanagan assistant professor working to create safer, cheaper batteries

  Zinc-ion batteries are being touted as being cheaper, safer and long-lasting than lithium-ion batteries.

  Canada

  Mar 17, 2021
• Kingston business growing thanks to lithium-ion battery processing technology

  A Kingston business specializing in battery recycling shows off its first facility.

  News

  Oct 14, 2020
• Battery fires: The potential danger hiding in your kitchen junk drawer

  Health Canada says it received more than 100 consumer reports over the last year involving batteries - everything from overheating to starting fires.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2018
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• Groundbreaking Nova Scotia battery-tech start-up gets federal funding

  The future of lithium-ion battery longevity - a key component in a world without fossil fuels - may lie in an unassuming, bunker-style building in a Halifax-area industrial park.

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2017
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• Sleeping passenger suffers burns after her headphones exploded on Australia-bound flight

  A woman suffered minor burns after the battery operated headphones she was wearing exploded on her flight to Melbourne.

  Tech

  Mar 15, 2017