As Canada's EV battery eco-system takes shape, 'matchmaker' Champagne eyes microchips

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The industry minister believes Canada can become a manufacturer of microchips, a necessary component for all new cars. Learn more.

Today, the supply chain build-out is fast becoming a reality, with the country’s first battery and cathode manufacturing plants underway and a record $3.8 billion allocated for the nation’s critical minerals strategy in the latest federal budget.

Rich in battery metals, Canada is looking to build an industry to take advantage. But some analysts, such as Patricia Mohr, believe the country has a lot of catching up to do. “Based upon the large number of deposits being advanced by junior mining companies … I would judge that Canada will emerge as a major supplier of critical minerals in the second half of the decade ,” Mohr said.in the United States, which provides tax credits for electric vehicles that either source their critical minerals from North America or are assembled in the region, is likely to boost this country’s mining and auto industries.

The CEO of Canadian bus manufacturer NFI Group Inc. said in early August there is still “tremendous uncertainty around anything with a microprocessor and frustrations around confidence of supply of anything that has electrical components associated with it.”Article content

 

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Don’t you know we were frozen out of those talks between US, Japan and Australia. Or was your head up your ass all this time.

“I have played the matchmaker … to make sure that people talk to each other.” 🚨 My BS detector just went off.

They will screw it all up like they do everything else.

That are 100% FFs . What a coincidence..

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