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Dr. Jeff Dahn

News about and interviews with Dr. Jeff Dahn, Professor, Canada Research Chair, NSERC/Tesla Canada Industrial Research Chair at the Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science at Dalhousie University.

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Exclusive: Dalhousie plans new battery R&D centre (with Tesla support), 2025 battery tech Master’s program

The new $13.5-million Canadian Battery Innovation Centre and a separate battery technology graduate program will help meet the growing Canadian demand for EV battery expertise

Emma Jarratt

Feb 5, 2024

4 minute read

EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Tesla-funded Jeff Dahn Research Group labs

Ever wonder what goes into building some of the world’s most advanced battery technologies? In the first part of the Behind the Battery series, Electric Autonomy visits the Jeff Dahn Research Group to find out what makes the lab so appealing to Tesla

Emma Jarratt

Aug 29, 2023

14 minute read

EXCLUSIVE: Tesla, Ontario met about “investment opportunities” for years, government records show

The meetings and exchanges, which occurred between 2020 and 2023, are part of a freedom of information document cache requested by Electric Autonomy

Emma Jarratt

Aug 22, 2023

5 minute read

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

Dr. Jeff Dahn

Oct 29, 2021

4 minute read

Tesla and Dalhousie University ink new research partnership deal

Tesla is renewing its industrial research partnership with the Jeff Dahn lab at Dalhousie University for a second five-year term, with preeminent lithium-ion battery scientist Dahn still at the helm

Emma Jarratt

Jan 18, 2021

6 minute read

New lessons from the epic story of Moli Energy, the Canadian pioneer of rechargeable lithium battery technology

B.C.-based Moli Energy is renowned as a technology innovator that spawned great ideas and great talent — including today’s industry leader Jeff Dahn — then collapsed. Thirty years on, with potential growth in the offing, is its story again pointing Canada forward?

Emma Jarratt

Sep 18, 2020

10 minute read

The Jeff Dahn effect: superstar alumni and a growing regional battery cluster

In the second of our feature series on the NSERC/Tesla Canada Industrial Research Chair, we focus on the cluster of lithium-ion battery expertise building around Dahn’s lab at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia and his extended impact on the next generation of Canadian researchers and developers

Emma Jarratt

Aug 21, 2020

8 minute read

The Jeff Dahn interview: One-on-one with Canada’s foremost lithium-ion battery expert

From his renowned research lab at Dalhousie University, the NSERC/Tesla Canada Industrial Research Chair speaks exclusively to Electric Autonomy on lithium-ion battery progress, vehicle-to-grid integration, hydrogen and more

Emma Jarratt

Jul 10, 2020

12 minute read