SpaceX launched the Starlink beta program in Parry Sound-Almaguin region north of Toronto in early February. Despite having only 1,000 of the 12,000 planned satellites in low-earth orbit, it is already exponentially faster than traditional […]
Ontario based Magna International announced it has broken ground on a new electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing facility in St. Clair, Michigan. The 345,000 square foot facility, named Magna Electric Vehicle Structures, will manufacture complex […]
Tesla’s Fremont factory has been partially shut down for two days and could be for as long as two weeks according to sources who spoke with Tesla enthusiast Sawyer Merritt. We have reached out to […]
A filing with the United States’ Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has confirmed SpaceX has received $850 million in funding. Sequoia, an investment firm, has also contributed over $600 million to SpaceX. In addition, with […]
Redwood Materials has signed a deal with Envision AESC, agreeing to recycle defective battery cells and scraps. Envision AESC manufactures batteries for the Nissan Leaf in Smyrna, Tennessee, and Redwood Materials is owned by former […]
Lucid Motors has been making headlines this week after announcing plans to go public through a merger with Churchill Capital Corp IV, valuing the automaker at $24 billion. At the same time it announced the […]
Brisk electric vehicle (EV) sales combined with a pandemic has unfortunately resulted in the perfect storm for British Columbia’s EV incentive program. The province is one of the few in Canada that offers an additional […]
Hyundai Motor has announced it will replace the batteries in 82,000 of their electric vehicles (EVs) due to fire risks. The recall impacts two of Hyundai’s consumer EVs. Approximately 76,000 Kona EVs built between 2019 […]
In an attempt to boost electric vehicle (EV) adoption in the province, Nova Scotia has announced $9.5 million in funding for a new EV incentive program. Rebates of up to $3,000 will be available on […]
As construction continues at Tesla’s newest Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, the automaker is seeking a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) designation that could save it hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes. Tesla’s application for the […]
