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Mark Kane

Magna Will Produce Ford F-150 Lightning’s Battery Enclosures In Ontario

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Mark Kane

According to Magna, it's the largest lightweight aluminum battery enclosure on the market.

Quebec: 4,500 AC Charging Points Coming To Urban Centers

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Mark Kane

Hydro-Québec's Electric Circuit - the largest public charging network in Québec - announced that in partnership with Québec's municipalities it will be rolling out 4,500 standard AC charging stations. However, there is a catch - the timeline is "by 2028".

Lion Electric Announces Battery Pack Factory In Canada

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Mark Kane

Lion Electric, a Canadian manufacturer of all-electric trucks and buses, has announced a plan of building its own battery manufacturing plant and innovation center in Quebec.

Toronto Has The Largest Fleet Of Electric Buses In North America

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Mark Kane

Thanks to the $140 million support from the Government of Canada and the City of Toronto, under the federal Public Transit Infrastructure Fund (PTIF), TTC has now 60 electric buses, produced by three manufacturers: BYD, New Flyer and Proterra.

Michigan To Get 36 New Fast Charging Stations

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Mark Kane

With nearly $1.7 million in grants from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), Michigan will get 36 new charging stations with a total of 76 individual fast chargers.

Canada Is 3rd Country With 100 Tesla Superchargers

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Mark Kane

ccording to the latest news, Tesla just powered up its 100th Supercharging station in Canada. The site supercharge.info shows that on March 31 the new V3 station with eight 250 kW stalls (2 MW total) was opened in Kitchener, ON.

Canada To Spend $8 Million On 160 DC Chargers In Ontario

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Mark Kane

The latest news is that the Government of Canada will provide an additional $8 million CAD for more fast chargers in Ontario. The plan is to build 160 chargers at 73 locations, which would be $110,000 per site and $50,000 per charger on average.

Petro-Canada Launched Coast-To-Coast Fast Charging Network

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Mark Kane

Petro-Canada, a Suncor business, officially announced on December 17, 2019 the completion of a coast-to-coast network of DC fast chargers in Canada, from Victoria, B.C. to Stewiacke, N.S.

BYD Produced Its 300th Electric Bus In Lancaster, California

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Mark Kane

Chinese BYD (Build Your Dreams) opened its electric bus manufacturing plant in Lancaster, California in 2013 and delivered its first vehicle in 2014. Now, after six years, the company produced its 300th electric bus (for more than 50 municipal, transit agency, university, airport, federal and other commercial and private-sector bus customers from 13 states and four Canadian provinces) and at any given time, more than 80 buses are on the factory floor in various stages of assembly.

Nissan Postpones Launch Of 60-kWh LEAF e-Plus

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Mark Kane

According to the latest news, the longer-range Nissan LEAF (with a 60 kWh battery), which was expected to be launched a year after the introduction of the base second-generation LEAF with 40 kWh battery, is postponed.

Bombardier Introduces Talent 3 Battery-Operated Train

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Mark Kane

Bombardier recently presented the Talent 3, which according to the press release, is the first of its kind to enter passenger operation in Europe in over 60 years. The first prototype has a range of 40 km (25 miles), but the second one scheduled for 2019 will go 100 km (62 miles) on a single charge.

US Announces $4.5 Billion Available To Support EVs, 350 kW Charging

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Mark Kane

The first big action is to set aside $4.5 billion in loan guarantees, and invite applications to support the commercial-scale deployment of innovative electric vehicle charging facilities throughout the US (and thus speed up EV adoption).