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Cathode Active Material (CAM)

News, insights and analysis regarding the manufacturing of Cathode Active Material (CAM) in Canada and the impact on the EV industry.

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Prospects dim for BASF cathode active materials plant in Bécancour

Despite announcing the Quebec project in early 2022, BASF now says it is continuing “to evaluate the best location” for a CAM plant in North America

John Lorinc

Jan 16, 2024

4 minute read

Exclusive: Behind the scenes of a battery manufacturing breakthrough at Novonix

In part two of the Behind the Battery series, Electric Autonomy visits Novonix in Bedford, N.S., to see how this Canadian company is lowering the cost of batteries through a manufacturing revolution

Emma Jarratt

Sep 12, 2023

9 minute read

Ford, South Korean partners building $1.2-billion battery cathode factory in Quebec

Plant construction is now underway in Bécancour, Que., with production to start in 2026 and support the manufacture of 225,000 EVs per year

Mehanaz Yakub

Aug 17, 2023

5 minute read

B.C.’s Nano One buys $10.25-million cathode active material facility in Quebec, inks deal with BASF for battery development

The BASF partnership, coupled with the acquisition of one of North America’s only lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) battery materials facilities, helps move Nano One closer to its goal of becoming a low-cost producer of high performance cathode powders for use in lithium-ion batteries

Emma Jarratt

Jun 2, 2022

5 minute read

GM, Posco to build $500-million Canadian cathode active material factory in Quebec to supply Ultium battery factories

General Motors Canada’s David Paterson tells Electric Autonomy Canada exclusively what GM’s new facility in Bécancour Industrial Park, slated to begin operation in 2025, will mean for the company and for Canada’s EV battery supply chain

Brian Banks Emma Jarratt

Mar 7, 2022

7 minute read

BASF announces Quebec site acquisition for a major battery cathode facility

The German chemical giant announced Friday that it plans to build a factory in Quebec to produce cathode active materials — helping to fill a gap in Canada’s electric vehicle battery supply chain — with production expected to start by 2025

Mehanaz Yakub

Mar 4, 2022

4 minute read

Canada is hungry for a cathode maker, GM is shopping for a North American location

If built here, General Motors’ newly announced joint venture to build a factory to produce cathode active material — at an unspecified North American location — would fill a critical missing link in Canada’s EV battery supply chain. It could also make sense for GM

Emma Jarratt

Dec 9, 2021

6 minute read

Britishvolt reveals plans for 60GWh Canadian battery cell factory, cathode and anode production and R&D centre

The UK-based technology and manufacturing firm is incorporated in Canada, has a Montreal office and tells Electric Autonomy in an exclusive interview that it is close to securing premises in Quebec for its second gigafactory to serve the North American EV industry and plans to expand into cathodes and R&D

Emma Jarratt

Oct 7, 2021

7 minute read