From mine to battery to electric vehicle – Ontario's clean economic future is being built around electric vehicles (EVs). The Star's climate change reporter Marco Chown Oved and photographer (and EV owner) Steve Russell embarked upon a week-long road trip – in an EV, of course – to visit sites around the province that will figure in this cleantech future.
Road Trip | Electric Avenues
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From mine to battery to electric vehicle – Ontario's clean economic future is being built around electric vehicles (EVs). The Star's climate change reporter Marco Chown Oved and photographer (and EV owner) Steve Russell embarked upon a week-long road trip – in an EV, of course – to visit sites around the province that will figure in this cleantech future.
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May 22, 2024
The missing link in Ontario's EV supply chain
<p>Road Trip host Marco Chown Oved is back for a surprise bonus episode where he visits the new factory announcement in Port Colborne, Ont. that's filling in the missing link in Ontario's EV supply chain. Plus, he goes for a drive in a Tesla with Canada's Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne.</p> <p><em>Toronto Star photographer Steve Russell and climate change reporter Marco Chown Oved went on a road trip through northern Ontario in the dead of winter. It was cold, blizzarding and icy. They travelled 2,300 km during the coldest week of the year. And they did it in an electric vehicle (EV).</em></p>
March 15, 2024
Our last stop: specialty EVs for the mining industry
<p>When we started this podcast, we really wanted to visit each step of the EV production process to show a complete picture of the supply chain, but in the end, we couldn’t seal the deal. First off, the cam and cathode production isn’t coming to Ontario. Right now, it’s all being built in Bécancour, Quebec. And while there are plans to retool auto assembly plants to make EVs, there’s currently only one that’s operational — the GM electric delivery van plant in Ingersoll — and when we asked to visit, we found out it had been shut down due to supply chain snags. So instead, our final stop is North Bay where they are making specialty EVs for the mining industry.</p> <p><em>Toronto Star photographer Steve Russell and climate change reporter Marco Chown Oved went on a road trip through northern Ontario in the dead of winter. It was cold, blizzarding and icy. They travelled 2,300 km during the coldest week of the year. And they did it in an electric vehicle (EV).</em></p>
March 8, 2024
Canada set to have the best EV supply chain in the world
<p>While China dominates the EV supply chain today, the ranking — put out by Bloomberg — really looks at the future and singles out Canada for having better environmental and labour standards, as well as a robust automotive sector and vast mineral deposits. But battery manufacturing itself is still in its infancy. There are plans to build three battery plants in Canada — Volkswagen in St. Thomas, Northvolt in Saint-Basile-le-Grand and NextStar in Windsor. NextStar was the first battery plant announced and is the furthest along, and while it’s not up and running yet, they agreed to show us around.</p>
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