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Canada’s Budget 2022 calls for C$3.8B to launch Critical Minerals Strategy

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The Government of Canada has released Budget 2022. billion (US$3 billion) to implement Canada’s first Critical Minerals Strategy to capitalize on a growing need for the minerals used in everything from phones to electric cars. Critical Mineral Opportunities in Canada. Among its measures is up to C$3.8 This includes $1.7

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Canada, US and Mexico commit to align light- and heavy-duty fuel efficiency and GHG standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively

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As one of the outcomes of the “Three Amigos” meeting in Ottawa, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Barack Obama, and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto committed to an “ambitious and enduring” North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership.

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TransLink orders 106 New Flyer CNG buses with 2018 Cummins L9N ultra-low NOx engines

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The order was supported by the Federal Gas Tax Fund, through which the Government of Canada provides funding for municipal infrastructure, including public transit. With 320 hp / 1,000 lb-ft torque and near-zero NO x , the L9N is very suited for urban transit, refuse, and truck applications. The funds are administered in B.C.

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Study finds car dealerships pose significant barrier to EV adoption

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The researchers also found that dealers’ technological orientation, willingness to sell and displayed knowledge of EVs were main contributors to likely purchase intentions. Only three North America-focused studies exist as of 2017. Early adopters, however, are a minority of the total market. outside of Norway.

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Nissan, Frost & Sullivan study finds 37% of Southeast Asian consumers open to buying EV

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Thirty-seven percent of Southeast Asian consumers planning to buy a car are open to purchasing an electric vehicle, according to a Nissan-commissioned study by Frost & Sullivan. Across the region, two out of three consumers identified safety standards as the most important factor if purchasing an electric vehicle.

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Norweign Drivers switch to Electric Cars

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Some are still not yet sure to make a plunge in purchase. In comparison with Norway, a country that is considered to be an unofficial leader in Electric Vehicles, around 40 percent of vehicles sold are electric vehicles and there are thousands of drivers who are on a waiting list to purchase the latest electric vehicles.

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Report: Ontario targeting 5% EV share of all new vehicles sold by 2020, 12% by 2025 as part of C$7B climate plan

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Canada’s Globe and Mail reports that as part of a more C$7-billion (US$5.4-billion), The Globe and Mail obtained a copy of the currently confidential 57-page Climate Change Action Plan, which lays out a strategy from 2017 to 2021. The document outlines contains about 80 different policies, grouped into 32 different actions.

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