Etiket: electrification
The International Energy Agency imagines a world transformed by electrification
Electric cars and plug-in hybrids could compete with combustion engine cars in global sales from 2035, according to new projections from the International Energy Agency (IEA), which imagines a world…
Honda electrification megaproject | Ontario offered much more than Quebec
Quebec’s offer to obtain part of Honda’s investment in the battery sector was a few hundred million lower than that of Ontario, we have learned The Press. It is also…
Environment Minister Benoit Charette happy with the surplus in the Electrification and Climate Change Fund
The carbon market will not always generate as much revenue, said Wednesday the Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, to justify his government’s refusal to sell off the huge surpluses…
Electrification | General Motors wants to market plug-in hybrid pickup trucks
The American giant General Motors (GM) is working on the design of a plug-in hybrid version of its full-size Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks, according to the American…
Electrification | Hydro-Québec is testing a solar-powered charging station
Hydro-Québec’s Electric Circuit recently deployed a fast charging station for electric vehicles entirely powered by solar energy in Laval. Published at 11:45 a.m. Built in conjunction with the Quebec company…
Electrification of the aeronautical industry | H55 sticks to Saint-Hubert airport
The arrival of H55 in Quebec goes beyond the manufacturing of battery packs to help the aeronautical industry make the electric shift. For the Montreal – Saint-Hubert airport, the establishment…
Electrification | These affordable electric vehicles
For many households, the prices of electric vehicles constitute a barrier to their adoption, a perception confirmed by a survey carried out at the beginning of the year by the…
Electrification | Volvo and Polestar’s turn to adopt the Tesla port
After Ford, General Motors and Rivian, it is now the turn of Volvo and its sports brand Polestar to bet on the Tesla port called North American Charging Standard (NACS)…
Replica | Decarbonization of buildings: success requires efficient electrification
In reply to Vincent Fortier’s text, “Decarbonization of buildings: Hydro-Québec must be an ally and not a hindrance”, published on June 21 Posted at 12:43 a.m. Updated at 12:00 p.m.…
The electrification of buses will go through the ceiling
It’s quite a headache to electrify a fleet of buses or heavy trucks. Given the limited space, installing the necessary charging infrastructure in an existing parking lot or garage is…
School transport | The electrification of buses is progressing “too slowly”
The electrification of the famous yellow buses transporting school children in Canada is progressing “too slowly”, according to a new study. Barely 1% of them currently run on electricity, says…
The full electrification of new buildings in Montreal puts off Hydro-Québec
Converting all buildings in Montreal that run on natural gas to electricity “is not at all realistic,” Hydro-Québec recently asserted. The Crown corporation now adds that it would have difficulty…
“We have winners and losers” from the electrification of the vehicle fleet, assures the founder of a study firm on the automotive industry and services
Bernard Jullien, founder of a research firm on automotive industry and services, explains on franceinfo the German turnaround on the end of heat engines for new vehicles. In Germany, “we…
Electrification will result in significant labor needs in Quebec
There will only be a green transition if the workers are there to implement it. However, Quebec’s Plan for a Green Economy (PEV), which relies on electrification, will lead to…
Electrification at BRP | Two snowmobiles and a reflection on electric bikes
BRP’s electric shift will go beyond the arrival of the first snowmobiles on the trails later this year. In search of new growth vectors, the manufacturer of Ski-Doo, Sea-Doo and…
Electrification of technologies | Elon Musk and Biden advisers in discussion
(Washington) Tesla CEO Elon Musk and two of US President Joe Biden’s top advisers met in Washington on Friday to discuss the electric vehicle industry and the broader goal of…
Cégep de Saint-Jérôme: teaming up for the future of transportation electrification
This text is part of the special section Higher Education Last November, the Innovative Vehicle Institute (IVI) inaugurated its research center in Saint-Jérôme, in the Laurentians, thus making it possible…
Canada on its way to becoming a powerhouse in automotive electrification
When Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne takes the stage in front of a microphone to talk about the electrification of the Canadian auto industry, he has a favorite phrase to sum…
Canada wants to become a powerhouse in automotive electrification
(OTTAWA) When Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne takes to the microphone to talk about electrifying Canada’s auto industry, he has a favorite phrase to sum up his efforts to attract global…
Transport electrification | Exprolink: the electric starts slowly, but surely
The price of fuel infuriates motorists and road hauliers, but we are not complaining at Exprolink, which launched an electric version of one of its Madvac vacuum carts in the…