Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2022

In 2021, Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen) launched a call for proposals to support R&D projects for zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) manufacturing, systems, components, and batteries in Canada. The selected projects are: Advanced Manufacturing Process Innovations – Flex-Ion Battery Innovation Center.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2018

Nano One Materials has launched a project focused on improving the durability of lithium-ion cathode materials with the support of the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP). Results from the project will be applied to other high nickel materials including NMC622. —Dan Blondal, CEO.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Canada-based Mangrove Lithium closed a $3-million financing from BDC Capital’s Cleantech Practice. Mangrove is the developer of a modular platform for the cost-effective production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide. Mangrove says that its process recovers more than 90% of the lithium from lithium concentrates.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The Government of Canada is investing up to $1.9 million from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) in Vancouver-based Nano One to support the development of advanced battery technology for electric vehicles. For consumer electronics, this could mean greater storage, faster charging or more power.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

This strategy eliminates capital and environmentally intensive chemical conversion steps, eliminates large volumes of wasteful by-product and aligns us with legislation in North America and Europe to fast-track battery supply chains from secure and readily available sources of critical minerals. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Rio Tinto has started producing spodumene concentrate, a mineral used in the production of lithium for batteries, at a demonstration plant in its Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium (RTIT) Québec Operations in its metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy, Canada.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will develop a new process that enables low-cost, domestic manufacturing of magnesium. This project will develop a novel low cost route to carbon fiber using a lignin/PAN hybrid precursor and carbon fiber conversion technologies leading to high performance, low-cost carbon fiber. 10,000,000.

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