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EV Battery Supply Chain

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News, insights and analysis on Canada’s potential to develop a national, integrated supply chain for the manufacturing and export of battery cells for use in electric vehicles.

Windsor battery plant provides catalyst for new Ontario-First Nations working group to advance infrastructure projects

The new table’s aim is to help advance infrastructure development in southwestern Ontario — starting with the $5-billion Stellantis-LG battery project — while addressing local First Nation needs and assuring equitable access to economic opportunities
Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Battery Supply Chain, Ontario
Electra mineral processsing facility in rural forested area

LG Energy Solution strikes deals for critical battery minerals from three aspiring Canadian suppliers

The South Korean battery manufacturer — which partnered this year with Stellantis to build an EV battery plant in Windsor — has unveiled agreements to secure future lithium and cobalt output from three Canadian producers starting in 2023
EV Battery Supply Chain, Manitoba, Mining Resources for EVs, Ontario
conceptual image of Canada with overlaid network of connected lines and dots with battery superimposed in right corner

Electric vehicle industry in Canada could be worth $48 billion annually: report

A new report from Clean Energy Canada and the Trillium Network for Advanced Manufacturing calls on the federal and provincial governments to act swiftly to capitalize on a window of opportunity to build a homegrown EV battery supply chain that could support up to 250,000 jobs by 2030
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure, Electric Vehicle Policies Canada, Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Battery Supply Chain
Ontario economic development minister Vic Fedeli discusses with Consul General Kim Deuk Hwan of Korea

Ontario’s top auto sector minister heading to Korea, Japan to drum up more EV and battery investments

In a trip that’s part trade mission, part victory lap, Vic Fedeli, Ontario’s Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, is heading to South Korea and Japan next week to meet with automakers and battery manufacturers hoping to add to the recent wave of EV-related auto sector investments in Ontario
Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Battery Supply Chain, EV Manufacturing
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, minister Francois-Philippe Champagne and Markus Schaefer - Mercedes-Benz Group celebrate signing of automanufacturer memorandums of Volkswagon and Mercedes

VW, Mercedes sign MOUs with Canada to secure battery minerals supply, hint at more value-added news to come

The twin Memorandums of Understanding signed today in Toronto cement the status of Volkswagen’s newly created battery company PowerCo as a force to watch on the market, while Mercedes indicates unprecedented interest in its Canadian activities
Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Battery Supply Chain, EV Manufacturing, Mercedes-Benz Canada, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Volkswagen VW

Unifor calls for national auto policy after landmark vote to elect Lana Payne as first female president

After a contested election, Payne became the first woman to head Unifor — Canada’s largest private-sector union — which kicked off her term by releasing a new-forward looking auto policy report focused on electric vehicle manufacturing
Electric Vehicle Policies Canada, Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Battery Supply Chain, EV Manufacturing, Unifor the Union, Workforce Skills and Training
front low angle view of New York Tesla factory

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”
Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Battery Recycling, EV Battery Supply Chain, EV Manufacturing, Tesla Canada