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EV Manufacturing

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News, analysis and insights on the opportunities for, and the economic impacts of electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing in Canada and the development of a national supply chain.

Image of Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume, Volkswagen technology chief Thomas Schmall and Canada's minister for Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne.

In latest meetings with German automakers, industry minister Champagne touts Canada as “the logical choice”

Speaking to reporters amid meetings with Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, federal industry minister François-Philippe Champagne says “decarbonization” of Canada’s supply chain is a key selling point
Electric Vehicle Policies Canada, Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Battery Supply Chain, EV Manufacturing, EV Supply Chain
EVIT Conference banner with NGen logo

EV Innovation & Technology Conference to focus on advanced manufacturing and supply chain in Canada

The EV Innovation & Technology Conference, hosted by Electric Autonomy in partnership with Next Generation Manufacturing Canada, will showcase Canadian industry leaders discussing opportunities and challenges in achieving success in the EV economy
Electric Vehicle Policies Canada, EV Battery Supply Chain, EV Innovation & Technology Conference, EV Manufacturing, NGen, Research & Development
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
front view of centre console in Tesla vehicles showing vehicle overview and map of Canada

EXCLUSIVE: Tesla files more public documents about a potential Canadian factory, as clues emerge as to what it might make

For the second time this month, Electric Autonomy Canada can report that new Tesla lobbyist registry documents show the automaker is in formal manufacturing talks — this time with the federal government. But what kind of factory is on its mind? Batteries? Vehicles? Or something else in its supply chain?
Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Manufacturing, Tesla Canada
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