With battery modules now in production at its new Windsor facility, NextStar is focusing on putting out battery cells in 2025
The money will develop the Thacker Pass project in Nevada, with GM entering a pair of 20-year lithium off-take agreements
The incubators are in partnership with the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network and will be located in Windsor, Kitchener-Waterloo and Toronto
Cyclic Materials, based in Kingston, says it will use the new funding to begin expanding operations and partnerships into the U.S. and Europe
Telematics provider’s new research finds batteries degrade just 1.8 per cent per year on average — meaning EV batteries can typically last more than 20 years
New investments of $54 million from a strategic battery materials partner and the U.S. Department of Defense bring a new cobalt sulphate refinery in Ontario closer to reality
These details, published in separate reports last week, reflect the different ways the two projects are positioned in North America’s shifting EV marketplace
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
The EV project funding, which involves 10 companies, is part of a new $59-million, 15-project package spanning four NGen advanced manufacturing programs
The Canadian Battery Innovation Roadmap from the Accelerate alliance is “a strategy to establish Canada as a global leader in battery technology by 2035”
