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Founders Cameron Funk and Terry O’Day, together with the current management team, will continue to lead the company and retain the remaining stake. Its innovative service models offer subscription solutions such as software-as-a-service and fully financed charging-as-a-service.

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JUNE 29, 2022

Through its financing arm Siemens Financial Services (SFS), Siemens becomes a minority shareholder in Electrify America with a low triple-digit million USD investment and will hold a seat on the board. The Volkswagen Group and Siemens are investing $450 million in Electrify America, with a post-money valuation of $2.45

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AUGUST 23, 2023

Australia-based hydrogen fuel cell vehicle company H2X Global recently secured a US$57-million deal with US-based firm, Verde Mobility Inc., We anticipate this will crank up our vehicle production to 25,000 units a year, and provide a sturdy financial foundation for the company. million investment into H2X.

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MAY 29, 2018

The Government of Canada will purchase Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline system and the expansion project (TMEP) for C$4.5 billion); Kinder Morgan has agreed to work with the Government of Canada to seek a third-party buyer for the Trans Mountain Pipeline system and TMEP. This is an investment in Canada’s future.

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MARCH 11, 2022

Moller - Maersk (Maersk) is entering strategic partnerships with six leading companies with the intent of sourcing at least 730,000 tonnes/year by end of 2025. The six companies are CIMC ENRIC, European Energy, Green Technology Bank, Orsted, Proman, and WasteFuel. To boost the global production capacity of green methanol, A.P.

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APRIL 18, 2020

IHS Markit is forecasting that global commercial vehicle production (GVW 4-8) volumes in 2020 compared to 2019 will be down 22% (more than 650,000 units) to 2.6 Most commercial vehicle factories in mainland China have returned to production. The local industry is already recovering, with commercial vehicle plants re-opened.

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MAY 26, 2017

million in funding between them, and during the program they will receive education, mentorship and access to technology from corporate and technology partners including new partners IBM Canada and TribalScale, and existing partners including Techstars, OMERS Ventures, and the City of Toronto. The nine participating startups have raised $2.7

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JULY 10, 2015

GE Capital, Canada and Gaz Métro Transport Solutions (GMTS), a subsidiary of Gaz Métro, signed a strategic agreement that will facilitate the trucking industry’s adoption of natural gas as a fuel in Eastern Canada. In 2011, GMTS launched the Blue Road, is the first LNG fueling station network in Canada.

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JUNE 3, 2022

Together, the two companies set out to address common pain points across construction—including unsafe working conditions, labor shortages and rampant inefficiencies—with autonomous solutions. In May 2022, the companies began retrofitting the first 45 ton vehicle, which is expected to be ready by the end of 2022.

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JULY 15, 2021

General Motors and BrightDrop, a new business created and wholly owned by GM focused on electric commercial delivery and logistics, announced the Ultium Charge 360 fleet charging service, a comprehensive approach designed to help make the switch to electric seamless for fleet customers by connecting them with services, features and resources.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

is planning to enter into a global commercial bus partnership with Brazilian commercial bus body manufacturer San Marino Onibus e Implementos Ltda (Neobus) and will invest in the company. Working together, we can bring value to customers with an integrated solution for commercial bus markets in South America and North America.

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JUNE 10, 2022

Battery materials company Nano One and Rio Tinto have agreed to enter into a strategic partnership, with Rio Tinto providing iron and lithium products, collaboration and a US$10-million investment into Nano One. On closing, Nano One will issue a total of 4,643,148 common shares, approximately 4.9%

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Canada-based start-up CelluFuel Inc. The commercial demonstration plant is expected to have an initial capacity of 1.3 The commercial demonstration plant is expected to have an initial capacity of 1.3 Cellufuel has an exclusive license in Canada for woody biomass. PwC Corporate Finance Inc.

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

Graphex has more ethan a decade of commercial experience producing 10,000 metric tons per annum of battery-grade purified spherical graphite at its facility in Heilongjiang Province, China, for the power battery market.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

Canada-based Sigma Lithium Corporation ( earlier post ) has begun construction on site to build the foundation and infrastructure installation of its greentech dense media separation production plant, at its wholly owned Grota do Cirilo project in Brazil. —Ana Cabral-Gardner, co-CEO and lead commercial officer.

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JANUARY 25, 2012

Canada-based biomass-to-gasoline company CORE BioFuel Inc. based in Toronto, Canada. Osprey Capital will secure equity investment capital to fund the completion of construction engineering for CORE’s first wood-to-Green Gasoline plant to be built in Canada.

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JUNE 2, 2015

GE Capital, Canada last week signed a commercial agreement with Shell Canada Products (Shell) with a view to facilitate the trucking industry’s adoption in Canada of liquefied natural gas (LNG). GE Capital has been providing wholesale and retail financing to the country’s commercial trucking sector for 35 years.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

Valero Energy Corporation, the US’ largest independent oil refiner, has invested in cellulosic biofuels and consolidated bioprocessing company Mascoma Corporation ( earlier post ). Mascoma recently announced the acquisition of SunOpta BioProcess Inc. billion gallons per year, and a 50-megawatt wind farm.

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APRIL 11, 2017

said that its first full-scale commercial waste-to-fuels facility, located in Edmonton, Alberta, has met all operational milestones set by its senior lender Integrated Asset Management (IAM). is one of Canada’s leading alternative asset management companies with approximately $2.6 Enerkem Inc. pure liquid chemicals and biofuels.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Canada-based Enerkem Inc., million (US$115 million) and has initiated the production of biomethanol from non-recyclable household garbage at the Enerkem Alberta Biofuels full-scale facility in Edmonton, Canada. The financings comprise a recently accessed C$29-million (US$22-million) debt facility from Integrated Asset Management Corp.’s

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JULY 24, 2018

We are also actively marketing the company to new and existing institutional shareholders with recent meetings in Asia, United States, London, Europe and Canada from which we have had much positive feedback. Prior to the most recent project financing, close to CAD20 million had already been invested for the Shawinigan site.

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APRIL 29, 2022

The financing consists of a Senior Convertible Note provided exclusively by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. Proceeds will also be used to expand the company’s talent pool and invest in R&D to drive continued innovation of its product roadmap and energy management platform.

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DECEMBER 24, 2011

Canada-based Osum Oil Sands Corp. The financing was led by a combination of new and existing shareholders. billion barrels (net), ranking it third in the area next to Husky Energy and Shell Canada. billion barrels (net), ranking it third in the area next to Husky Energy and Shell Canada. The placement will consist of 21.2

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

GE Capital’s Transportation Finance business and Clean Energy Fuels Corp., The new announcement expands the existing relationship between Clean Energy and GE Capital by building on two previous agreements between the companies to develop the nation’s natural gas fueling infrastructure.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

Rental car company Avis Budget Group, Inc. has agreed to acquire car-sharing company Zipcar for $12.25 The Boards of Directors of both companies unanimously approved the transaction, and Zipcar shareholders representing approximately 32% of the outstanding common stock have agreed to vote their shares in support of the transaction.

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APRIL 20, 2012

Azure Dynamics, a developer and producer of hybrid-electric and electric components and powertrain systems for commercial vehicles, has provided an update on the status of its restructuring. On 26 March, the company filed for and obtained protection from its creditors under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) (CCAA).

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JUNE 1, 2018

billion financing effort to commission a spodumene (lithium ore) mine at Nemaska, 300 km north of Chibougamau in Eeyou-Istchee James Bay territory. In addition, a commercial lithium hydroxide and carbonate plant will be built in Shawinigan, Mauricie. under which SoftBank will acquire up to 9.9% Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Waste Management has made a strategic investment in Enerkem, a developer of a thermochemical (gasification and catalytic synthesis) process to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals from biomass and waste, as part of Enerkem’s new financing round. The closing of this new round of financing, which generated C$53.8 Earlier post.).

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JUNE 1, 2016

Upon acquisition of the property, if the option is fully exercised, a GORR of 1% on industry standard terms will be payable by the company to the underlying owner on any commercial production from the property. The vendor will be issued 1,500,000 post-consolidated shares upon closing of the agreement.

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MAY 11, 2016

This is Nemaska Lithium’s first commercial offtake agreement. The closing of the JMBM agreement completes the financing of the Phase 1 Plant. We are very pleased to be moving forward with our Phase 1 Plant and to having negotiated our first commercial offtake agreement with JMBM. million from SDTC.

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DECEMBER 11, 2015

The company will produce 20 million gallons of renewable fuel per year employing its Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP) technology. RFO heating fuel is presently in commercial use, and its markets are expanding. Ensyn has established a strategic alliance with Honeywell UOP for a broad commercialization of Refinery Coprocessing.

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APRIL 12, 2019

Brightmark Energy , a San Francisco-based waste and energy development company, closed a $260-million financing package for the construction of the US’ first commercial-scale plastics-to-fuel plant, which will be located in Ashley, Indiana.

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MAY 6, 2020

announced positive results from an independent feasibility study conducted on its permitted cobalt refinery in Ontario, Canada. Discussions underway with Glencore on commercial arrangements, financing and allocation of project economics; third party and government funding opportunities also under review. First Cobalt Corp.

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JUNE 14, 2023

But China’s rule-makers have been moving the quickest to turn proposals into real rules, and countries including Brazil , Canada , and the United States are following behind. Meanwhile, Sundar Pichai , CEO of Google and its parent company, Alphabet, said recently that there will need to be “ global frameworks ” governing the use of AI.

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That phrase is a business principle that leaders of customer-centric companies live by. GM Stock Chart: Yahoo Finance. And then this past week, GM released its humorous “ No Way Norway ” EV commercial featuring Will Ferrell. At the end of the commercial, GM shares a significant EV promise: “30 new EVs by 2025.”

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JUNE 10, 2009

Under the terms approved by the US Bankruptcy Court in New York and various regulatory and antitrust regulators, the company formerly known as Chrysler LLC today formally sold substantially all of its assets, without certain debts and liabilities, to a new company that will operate as Chrysler Group LLC.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Better Place, a developer and provider of electric car networks—including battery switch stations, batteries and public/personal charge spots ( earlier post )—worldwide, has secured $200 million through a Series C equity financing from a consortium of top-tier investors and partners, nearly doubling the company’s valuation to $2.25

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