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Magna announced it is investing more than $470 million to expand its operations across Ontario. The growth includes a new battery enclosures facility in Brampton. The company is also expanding it’s operations in Guelph, Belleville, Newmarket, Windsor, and Penetanguishene.
These expansions follow new business awards from various automakers in key product areas.
Ford has paused production and shipments of its all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup due to a potential battery issue.
Ford spokes person Emma Bergg declined to elaborate but wanted to reassure owners.
Ford is unaware of any incidents or issues associated with the potential battery issue, Bergg said. There is no stop-sale for vehicles already on dealer lots, meaning dealers can continue to sell vehicles they have on hand.
BYD Auto plans to spend CNY8bn (US$1.2bn) to build a new electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, according to local reports citing an application for an environmental assessment report published on a Zhengzhou local government website.
Joseph White and David Shepardson, Reuters »
CATL would license technology to Ford to produce lithium iron phosphate batteries in Michigan, and would provide the U.S. automaker with technical assistance, Ford said.
Elsewhere » Ford Media Release / The Detroit Bureau / Reuters / Barron’s / MotorTrend / Bloomberg
Magna announced it has secured new business from General Motors (GM) to supply battery enclosures on the all-new 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV.
The company will produce the enclosures at its Magna Electric Vehicle Structures facility in St. Clair, Michigan, where it already produces the battery enclosure for the GMC HUMMER EV.
Magna recently announced significant investment plans for the facility in St. Clair to support the fast-growing electric vehicle market. Production is expected to begin later in 2023.
Elsewhere :: Magna Media Release / Green Car Congress / Electrek /
US scientists at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a new sodium battery technology:
“We showed that this new molten salt battery design has the potential to charge and discharge much faster than other conventional high-temperature sodium batteries, operate at a lower temperature, and maintain an excellent energy storage capacity,” said Guosheng Li, a materials scientist at PNNL and the principal investigator of the research. “We are getting similar performance with this new sodium-based chemistry at over 100 °C [212 °F] lower temperatures than commercially available high-temperature sodium battery technologies, while using a more Earth-abundant material.”
Source: PNNL Media Release
Elsewhere » PV Magazine / Science Daily
The Government of Canada announce federal infrastructure investments totalling nearly $15 million for the installation of more than 2,350 EV chargers, 2,100 of which will be installed across the Greater Toronto Area.
Since 2016, the federal government has invested CDN$1 Billion to make EVs more affordable and chargers more accessible for Canadians and has approved funding to support the installation of more than 34,500 EV chargers to date.
This new funding was provided to 32 organizations, including municipalities, multi-resident buildings (MURBs), private firms, and utilities.
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