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News, insights and analysis regarding the adoption of electric and autonomous vehicles, new mobility and advanced transportation in the province of Québec.
Battery electric vehicle registrations in Canada hit a record high in Q1 2022, StatsCan reports
The market share of battery-electric vehicles hit 5.8 per cent in Q1 of 2022, while all zero-emission vehicles (battery electrics and plug-in hybrids) made up 7.7 per cent of new registrations, Statistics Canada reports in its latest data release
Quebec project to be North America’s first lithium spodumene producer after $98-million restart
The northern Quebec mine has been shuttered since 2019, but surging demand for lithium from the electric vehicle battery industry and the urgency to establish a North American supply chain is giving the site new purpose
Renewable energy developer Baseload Power launches Aura EV Charging network in Ontario, Quebec
The Aura electric vehicle charging network, with funding from NRCan and in partnership with network operator FLO, builds on Baseload’s vision of offering an integrated suite of sustainable electricity infrastructure for a new kind of “mobile consumer”
Videotron adding 100 Ford E-Transit electric vans to its fleet this summer
With the new Ford vehicles, and related charging infrastructure, 20 per cent of Videotron’s 900-vehicle fleet will be electrified — in step with parent company Quebecor’s commitment to have a fully zero-emission fleet by 2030
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
Electricity access in Ontario under spotlight as questions hover about previously unannounced LG Chem battery supply factory
More questions than answers surround the fate of a potential LG Chem factory deal in Windsor, but the resulting scrutiny has turned electricity supply into a hot topic in the Ontario election campaign
Couche-Tard begins North American EV fast charger rollout, plans 200-site network by 2024
Already Norway’s leading public EV charging provider among fuel retailers, the Quebec-based convenience store giant says it will offer charging at 200 Circle K and Couche-Tard locations in Canada and the U.S. by 2024