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. However, the cost of producing MEAs is high and the durability is often poor. Lead: Cummins Inc.;

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2023

The Government of Canada announced support for the latest cathode active materials (CAM) facility to be operational in Canada, to be built by a joint venture between General Motors (GM) and POSCO Future M in Bécancour, Québec ( earlier post ). The governments of Canada and Québec will each contribute around $150 million to the project.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2023

BMW i Ventures announced an investment in Canada-based Cyclic Materials , a circular supply chain company focused on recycling rare earth elements (REE) ( earlier post ). Cyclic Materials’ efficient, proprietary technologies cost-efficiently recycle these materials from a diverse supply of end-of-life products.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

recently announced a binding agreement for a large-scale supply of Cathode Active Material (CAM) to help GM meet its fast-growing EV production needs. CAM is a key battery material consisting of components like processed nickel, lithium and other materials representing about 40% of the cost of a battery cell.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2023

The Government of Canada will award more than $344 million in funding to suport five new critical minerals programs and initiatives. 70 million to strengthen Canada’s global leadership role in enhancing critical minerals supply chain resiliency through international collaborations related to critical minerals.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario are each investing $5 million in First Cobalt Corporation to accelerate domestic production of battery-grade cobalt sulfate, a required element needed to produce long-range electric vehicles (EVs).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2021

Industrial gases leader Air Products, and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., in conjunction with the Government of Canada and the Province of Alberta, announced a multi-billion dollar plan to build a landmark new net-zero blue hydrogen energy complex.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

JMBM Canada) for approximately C$10.25 JMBM Canada includes a team with more than 360 years of collective experience, including R&D, pilot to commercial scale cathode production and product qualification and quality assurance systems qualified for tier 1 automotive lithium-ion cell manufacturers. million (US$8 million).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2023

World Energy GH2 will supply 250,000 metric tons of renewable hydrogen per year to global markets at the completion of its renewable hydrogen project. The project will use wind energy power for production on the site, which is expected to begin producing hydrogen in 2025.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2021

In rare circumstances, the batteries supplied to GM for these vehicles may have two manufacturing defects—a torn anode tab and folded separator—present in the same battery cell, which increases the risk of fire. and 9,019 in Canada) – 2020–2022 model year Chevrolet Bolt EVs and EUVs. 63,683 (52,403 in the US.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2023

Domestic lithium metal production capacity is essential for the development of a sustainable supply chain for next-generation batteries. Additionally, this milestone will allow the Company to secure its own supply of lithium metal for its anode production, in order to implement its vertically integrated business model.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

A fresh lithium development in Saskatchewan, Canada, along with other significant supply developments, could make the country more enticing than ever to supply-hungry Tesla. For this reason, Tesla could very well find itself drawn to Canada in the upcoming years. Today, grounded Lithium Corp.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2018

Oil production growth from the United States, Brazil, Canada and Norway can keep the world well supplied, more than meeting global oil demand growth through 2020, but more investment will be needed to boost output after that, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest annual report on oil markets. mb/d in 2017.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2023

General Motors and POSCO Future M announced the second phase of their Ultium CAM joint venture, an investment projected to exceed US$1 billion to increase production capacity of cathode active materials (CAM) in North America and integrate precursor materials production. 2021 - Announced long-term supply with MP Materials for U.S.-sourced

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2013

BIOX Corporation (BIOX) will supply biodiesel to Shell Canada Limited via an inter-terminal pipeline. The project costs to connect the two facilities will be shared by the two parties. The project costs to connect the two facilities will be shared by the two parties. Costs were not disclosed.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 26, 2024

It recently announced a significant investment in four new EV facilities in Canada that will deliver almost a quarter-million new EVs each year. Honda will build an in-house battery factory in Alliston, Canada. Battery production capacity will reach 36 GWh, and the facilities are scheduled to be online in 2028.

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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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Baua Electric

APRIL 29, 2024

Honda Motor Co plans to build a comprehensive EV value chain in Canada with an approximate investment of CAD$15 billion / US $11 billion (Rs 91,275 crore), including investment by joint venture partners, to strengthen its EV supply system and capability to prepare for a future increase in EV demand in North America.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2023

Canada-based battery materials company Elcora Advanced Materials has received , through its Ermazon SARL wholly owned subsidiary (purchased in December 2021), a manganese exploitation license from the Moroccan government for the Atlas Fox Deposit in the country. Elcora is preparing a comprehensive mining plan for the Atlas Fox Deposit.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2023

billion) to expand its AP60 ( earlier post ) aluminum smelter equipped with low-carbon technology at Complexe Jonquière in Canada. The anode assemblies, cathodes and linings, ventilation and gas flow for the AP60 target high labor productivity and low CAPEX/t. Rio Tinto will invest $1.1 billion (CAN$1.4

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

KGaA (SHS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the viability of transforming iron ore pellets into low-carbon hot briquetted iron (HBI) (a form of Direct Reduced Iron, DRI), a steel feedstock ( earlier post ) using green hydrogen generated from hydro-electricity in Canada. Earlier post.).

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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). Combined, these funding sources are projected to extend Nano One’s operating capital into Q1 2020.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2020

million barrels per day (MMb/d) of existing production by early June due to operating cash losses, lack of demand and storage capacity, and an unwillingness to sell resources at the very low prices available since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. —Raoul LeBlanc, vice president, financial services, IHS Markit. However, nearly 1.4

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2012

billion program of pipeline expansions to carry an additional 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) of light oil from North Dakota and western Canada to refinery markets in Ontario, Quebec and the US Midwest. Estimated capital cost of this project is approximately $2.5 Initial capacity of 300,000 bpd at an estimated cost of $0.8

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2023

The merger will create a leading global lithium chemicals producer that will target large automotive companies and look to accelerate supply growth in Canada and Argentina. billion and adjusted EBITDA of approximately US$1.2 billion.

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CN EV Post

APRIL 23, 2023

It will be the first time the company will ship cars from China to North America, a move that will connect Tesla's largest and most cost-effective factory in the world with its biggest market, North America, the report said. The plant not only supplies vehicles to local consumers, but is also an export hub for the EV maker.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

General Motors and POSCO Chemical are working with the governments of Canada and Québec to build a new $400-million facility in Bécancour, Québec, to produce cathode active material (CAM) for GM’s Ultium batteries, which will power electric vehicles such as the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC HUMMER EV and Cadillac LYRIQ. Earlier post.)

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Baua Electric

APRIL 15, 2024

China already has enough battery manufacturing capacity to supply all global EV production, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. China’s declared 2023 battery production alone was close to the actual global demand, according to BNEF, which notes that the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

We had been searching for the lowest-cost technology to produce rare earth elements and strategically important elements like lithium. For many of these, the US has little to no production. We think this technology will get us over the cost hurdle. And this will take out more than half the cost. —Jerry Mills.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In this first milestone, pilot plant samples from Euro Manganese’s Chvaletice Manganese Project ( earlier post ) have been successfully validated as feedstock for Nano One’s patented One-Pot and M2CAM cathode production technologies. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Nano One has received funding from various government programs.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Empire State Development (ESD) announced that Canada-based Li-Cycle Corporation will establish its first US-based Li-ion battery recycling facility in New York State. The total project cost has been placed at up to $23.3 The technology can do so with a recovery rate of 80 – 100% of all materials. million over a three-year period.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2019

The process can extract hydrogen from existing oil sands reservoirs, with huge existing supplies found in Canada and Venezuela. When working at production level, we anticipate we will be able to use the existing infrastructure and distribution chains to produce H 2 for between 10 and 50 cents per kilo. —Grant Strem.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Canada’s federal government is trying to convince Canadian pensions to finance construction of a dozen EV battery plants in the country. The financial plan aims to build electric vehicle battery production facilities as Canada seeks to become a “supplier of choice” for EV automakers. CPPIB is Canada’s largest pension.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2022

Canada-based battery materials company Euro Manganese (EMN) reported that the first shipment of the components of its demonstration plant to be sited in Chvaletice, Czech Republic is underway from China, where the components of the plant are being assembled.

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Baua Electric

MAY 4, 2024

Canada’s Magna International missed first-quarter profit estimates and cut its full-year overall sales forecast on Friday, as auto parts suppliers navigate ongoing supply constraints and bumpy demand for electric vehicles. The company’s shares were down about 4% in early trade.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

NEO and NanoRial will collaborate to optimize the stability and performance of NEO’s silicon anode materials, NBMSiDE, by integrating NanoRial’s high-performance CNT products as a robust nanocoating material.

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Teslarati

MAY 11, 2022

Rivian stated that it would continue to experience negative gross profit related to labor and overhead costs but expects it to improve once it ramps to higher production volumes. Rivian links supply chain woes to ongoing Ukraine-Russian war. Supply Chain Challenges. Preorders and Prices.

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