Browsing Tag
EV Battery Recycling
20 posts
News, information and insights regarding the recycling of batteries used in electric vehicles. This includes companies that recycle EV batteries, North American strategies for developing EV battery recycling hubs, and the work of automotive manufacturers to ensure batteries from electric vehicles they manufacturer are recycled at end of life.
EXCLUSIVE: Tesla’s latest Ontario lobby activity could indicate a Tesla factory is coming to Canada
CEO Elon Musk has hinted heavily, as recently as Telsa’s Aug. 4 annual meeting, that it is considering Canada as a destination for a new manufacturing facility. But public documents filed in Ontario in July are the first concrete evidence of Tesla’s interest in either an industrial or “advanced manufacturing facility”
Umicore to build $1.5-billion electric vehicle battery materials factory in Ontario
At full capacity, the global company’s plant just outside Kingston will produce enough cathode active material and precursor cathode active material to supply one million vehicles per year and bring hundreds of permanent jobs to the province
Lithion Recycling secures funding for first commercial operation in Quebec
Montreal-based Lithion Recycling has raised $125 million in first round funding to build a lithium-ion battery recycling plant and Technology Development Center in Quebec, with more Canadian and international facilities to follow
Mangrove Lithium closes US$10-million marquee financing to build next-generation lithium refinery
Vancouver startup announces that Breakthrough Energy Ventures — an investment group founded by Bill Gates to advance zero-emissions solutions — is leading its Series A investment round, along with BDC Capital, to finance a commercial-scale refinery that will be faster, more flexible and cheaper than current facilities
First Cobalt adopts new name, elaborates on plans for Canada’s first battery industrial park
Now called Electra Battery Materials, the former First Cobalt expects its new moniker to better reflect its battery complex plans to meet supply chain demands and the rapidly growing electric vehicle market in North America
Quebec risks a critical circular economy misstep with proposed EV battery recycling plan
Newly proposed regulation that arbitrarily caps the lifespan of EV batteries at 10 years and forces mandatory recycling risks stifling battery longevity innovation and promotes a disposable car culture, cautions Dr. Jeff Dahn