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Batteries

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News, insights and analysis regarding the development of batteries, battery technology and battery supply chain for use in electric vehicles and stationary storage.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen with Li-Cycle CEO Ajay Kochhar and executive chairman Tim Johnston at Li-Cycle's Spoke facility in Kingston, Ont.
  • Batteries
  • EV News in Canada
  • Innovators in Mobility

Next stop in Li-Cycle’s EV battery recycling growth story: Europe

After tripling its North American battery recycling capacity in 2022, Canada’s Li-Cycle plans to open its largest-ever facility this year in Germany — with much more in the works
EV Battery Recycling, EV Battery Supply Chain
  • Josh Kozelj
  • March 21, 2023
  • 4 minute read
white Volkswagen logo on light blue background
  • Batteries
  • EV News in Canada

Volkswagen chooses Ontario for its first North American EV battery factory

The German automaker announced today it has chosen St. Thomas for the site of a new battery cell manufacturing plant, after months of negotiations with the province and federal government
Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Battery Supply Chain, EV Supply Chain, Ontario, Volkswagen VW
  • Emma Jarratt
  • March 13, 2023
  • 4 minute read
Plant at the North American Lithium (NAL) project
  • Batteries
  • EV News in Canada

Piedmont poised to start supplying Tesla, LG Chem with critical minerals from Canada

Production of spodumene concentrate is set to begin this month at the North American Lithium mine in Quebec, enabling Piedmont, one of the mine’s owners, to begin delivering on recent supply deals with LG Chem and Tesla
EV Battery Supply Chain, Mining Resources for EVs, Quebec
  • Mehanaz Yakub
  • March 3, 2023
  • 5 minute read
Rendering of Magna Structures Heart Lake facility in Brampton Ontario where battery enclosures will be made
  • Batteries
  • EV News in Canada

Magna pouring $471 million into EV supply chain in Ontario

The highlight is a new $265-million battery enclosure plant in Brampton “to support the Ford F-150 Lightning and future OEM programs,” while five other facilities get expansions
EV Battery Supply Chain, Ford, Magna, Ontario
  • Emma Jarratt
  • February 15, 2023
  • 3 minute read
Scientists in Nano One's Burnaby facility testing solutions
  • Batteries
  • EV News in Canada

Nano One and Umicore join forces to develop next-generation CAM product

By harnessing both company’s IP, Nano One and Umicore are looking to reduce costs, energy consumption and by-products of battery cathode active material
British Columbia B.C., EV Battery Supply Chain, EV Innovation & Technology Conference, Mining Resources for EVs, Quebec
  • Mehanaz Yakub
  • January 19, 2023
  • 4 minute read
Volkswagen electric car assembly line
  • Batteries
  • EV News in Canada
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Volkswagen zeroes in on Ontario as potential North American battery factory location

EXCLUSIVE: Lobbyist registry documents filed just before the new year reveal the German automaker is taking a hard look at the “viability” of Ontario, and that the province is offering “competitive” development incentives
EV Battery Supply Chain, Ontario, Volkswagen Group, Volkswagen VW
  • Emma Jarratt
  • January 6, 2023
  • 3 minute read
Technician use soldering iron to solder metal and wire of lithium-ion rechargeable electric vehicle battery.
  • Batteries
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What will happen with used electric vehicle batteries?

While a shift to electric transportation is considered a move in the right direction, it also poses new challenges including how to handle end-of-life batteries
Electric Vehicle Policies Canada, Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Battery Recycling, EV Battery Supply Chain
  • CSA Group
  • January 5, 2023
  • 4 minute read
Image of Canadian minister for Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne, Thomas Schmall, Group Board Member for Technology at Volkswagen AG, Oliver Blume, CEO Volkswagen AG.
  • Batteries
  • EV News in Canada

Volkswagen seeking Canadian site for its first North American battery cell gigafactory

VW to start search for a suitable site for its first North American gigafactory in Canada after signing a non-binding agreement with federal ISED minister François-Philippe Champagne in Germany today
EV Battery Supply Chain, EV Supply Chain, Volkswagen Group
  • Mehanaz Yakub
  • December 1, 2022
  • 3 minute read
Factory Render
  • Batteries
  • EV News in Canada

Britishvolt abandons Canadian battery cell factory plans

The UK startup’s struggles to keep its flagship gigafactory project in England alive have forced it to pull the plug on a proposed second battery cell factory in Quebec
EV Battery Supply Chain, Quebec, Research & Development
  • Mehanaz Yakub
  • November 30, 2022
  • 3 minute read
  • Automakers
  • Batteries
  • EV News in Canada

GM-Vale nickel sulphate deal is latest to showcase Canada’s battery supply chain resource and processing potential

Once Vale’s proposed nickel processing plant in Bécancour, Que., is completed by 2026, the mining giant will supply General Motors with 25,000 metric tonnes of nickel annually
EV Battery Supply Chain, EV Manufacturing, General Motors GM, Mining Resources for EVs, Quebec
  • Mehanaz Yakub
  • November 22, 2022
  • 5 minute read
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