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University of Waterloo’s new Ontario Battery and Electrochemistry Research Centre aims to create an R&D platform for Canadian innovation

Centre co-leader Linda Nazar gives Electric Autonomy’s Behind the Battery series a glimpse of the next-generation battery technologies U of W researchers are exploring

Emma Jarratt

May 28, 2024

5 minute read

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: Hot ideas emerging from Western Canada’s growing battery research cluster

In part three of Electric Autonomy’s Behind the Battery series, we visit the Western Canada Battery Consortium and Innovation Hub, which is making an R&D virtue out of Alberta’s cold winter climate

Emma Jarratt

Jan 15, 2024

5 minute read

Exclusive: Quebec may beat Ontario for potential SK battery separator plant

South Korea’s SK ie technology was exploring Ontario for its battery separator plant, but now appears to be pivoting to Quebec, Electric Autonomy finds

Emma Jarratt

Jan 4, 2024

3 minute read

EXCLUSIVE: Trademark application for new Volkswagen-Umicore joint venture, Ionway, filed in Canada

Public registry documents show a trademark application filing with the Canadian government for Ionway in April

Emma Jarratt

Oct 11, 2023

3 minute read

Exclusive: Behind the scenes of a battery manufacturing breakthrough at Novonix

In part two of the Behind the Battery series, Electric Autonomy visits Novonix in Bedford, N.S., to see how this Canadian company is lowering the cost of batteries through a manufacturing revolution

Emma Jarratt

Sep 12, 2023

9 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

Exclusive: Pierre Boutin on the future for Volkswagen in Canada

Catching up with Volkswagen Canada’s President and CEO at the EV & Charging Expo this month, Electric Autonomy gets exclusive insight into VW’s Canadian business plan

Emma Jarratt

Jun 5, 2023

8 minute read

Exclusive: Tesla looking at “opportunities for industrial facility, mineral extraction” in Ontario

Tesla gives more hints about the nature of its plans for a Canadian facility in new lobbyist registry documents filed last month, Electric Autonomy exclusively reveals

Emma Jarratt

May 1, 2023

4 minute read