Mehanaz Yakub, Author at Electric Autonomy Canada

Mehanaz Yakub

Mehanaz is a graduate of Concordia University in Journalism and Political Science and is striving to use her reporting skills to "make a difference."

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New public transit boosting e-scooter pilot launches in Markham

Data from the e-scooters piloting the OVIN Demonstration Zone will help inform city planning to address first and last-mile transit challenges

Sep 13, 2024

4 minute read

Indigenous-led battery storage plant breaks ground in B.C.

Malahat Nation takes the lead on a new state-of-the-art gigastorage factory on Vancouver Island

Sep 12, 2024

5 minute read

Large-scale smart EV charging pilot launched in Toronto-Hamilton area

The large-scale smart charging pilot, run jointly by The Atmospheric Fund, Optiwatt and Dunsky, seeks to gain new insights on load management

Sep 5, 2024

4 minute read

PBO report says automakers must sell cheaper EVs to meet mandated federal ZEV sales targets

To achieve the 2030 target, a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer concludes that the ownership cost of zero-emission vehicles in Canada needs to fall by 31 per cent

Sep 4, 2024

5 minute read

Meet HTEC, the company building a $1-billion hydrogen transportation ecosystem in British Columbia

Since May, HTEC has announced plans to build three hydrogen production facilities, a liquefaction plant, a 20-station refuelling network and to launch a new subsidiary to deploy 100 hydrogen trucks. Its goal: to fast-track the adoption of hydrogen transportation by driving both supply and demand

Sep 4, 2024

7 minute read

Canada imposes tariffs on Chinese-made EVs, aluminum, steel

The new tariff on Chinese-made EVs will go into effect Oct. 1. A second round of consultations for other Chinese imports is also launching

Aug 27, 2024

5 minute read

BRP unveils its first Can-Am brand electric motorcycles; promises more to come

Sandy Scullion, BRP’s Powersports and Marine group president, tells Electric Autonomy about this week’s launch of two new electric motorcycles and the strategic significance of BRP’s return to the two-wheeled market

Aug 22, 2024

6 minute read

Saskatchewan rare earth processing facility adding second line with $16 million in federal funds

The money, from Prairies Economic Development Canada, will allow the Saskatchewan Research Council to establish a bastnaesite processing unit to make ingots that can be used to produce magnets for electric vehicles

Aug 20, 2024

4 minute read

Vancouver to host Canada’s first docked e-scooter sharing program

The e-scooter service, from Lime, will launch in mid-September and be phased in across the city through 2028

Aug 15, 2024

5 minute read

NGen and industry partners investing $40 million in five EV value chain manufacturing projects

The EV project funding, which involves 10 companies, is part of a new $59-million, 15-project package spanning four NGen advanced manufacturing programs

Aug 14, 2024

4 minute read