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Volkswagen Group and PowerCo SE to search for gigafactory site in Canada; extending cathode agreement with Umicore to Canada

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Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume and the Canadian Minister for Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne, signed an Addendum to the non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of August this year ( earlier post ) to identify suitable sites for a cell factory in Canada. Earlier post.). —Oliver Blume.

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Canada launches new $4.5M challenge to accelerate battery innovation; $1M grand prize

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Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Amarjeet Sohi, announced a new $4.5-million million Impact Canada challenge aimed at accelerating made-in-Canada battery innovation to better position the country in the highly competitive global market.

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Canada proposes financial plan for more EV battery plants 

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The financial plan aims to build electric vehicle battery production facilities as Canada seeks to become a “supplier of choice” for EV automakers. Managing Director and Global Head of Public Affairs at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)—noted he was unaware of any talks related to electric battery plants.

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Air Canada to operate biofuel flights in support of environmental research on contrails and emissions

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Air Canada is participating in the Civil Aviation Alternate Fuel Contrail and Emissions Research project ( CAAFCER ), a research project led by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to test the environmental benefits of biofuel use on contrails. In 2016 Air Canada continued taking delivery of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

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Unifor sights Ford as bargaining goal in Canada hard work talks

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Payne shared the union’s idea processes with journalists then handing over fat binders of union calls for to the automakers and maintaining transient conferences with supremacy negotiators from each and every of the Detroit 3. The post Unifor sights Ford as bargaining goal in Canada hard work talks appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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GM Canada Engineering Center to build fleet of self-driving 2017 Chevrolet Volts

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In remarks to the Economic Club in Ottawa, GM Canada president and managing director Steve Carlisle confirmed that its Canadian Engineering Center in Oshawa, Ontario, has been awarded a mandate to play a leading role in the build of autonomous driving vehicles. GM’s autonomous technology will bring the vehicle to its destination and park it.

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Stellantis, LG Power enforcing ‘contingency plans’ for EV battery plant in Canada

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OTTAWA — Stellantis and South Korea’s LG Power Resolution are enforcing “contingency plans” similar to a more-than $4-billion battery plant funding in Canada since the federal govt has now not delivered on its guarantees, a Stellantis spokesperson stated. billion ($1.1 The government has dedicated to lend as much as C$13.2

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