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Lithium battery recycling facility suffers explosions, fire

A big piece of the end-of-life plan for lithium batteries is recycling and there is only one place in North America currently capable of carrying out that procedure. That facility, owned and operated by Toxco Waste Management in southeastern British Columbia, experienced a large fire last Saturday after suffering through a series of explosions. The event, which happened after-hours, seems to have started in a lithium storage building and created an impressive fireworks display for about 45 minutes. No one was hurt and the main facility ... Read more →

Plug-in vehicles will get special license plate in Ontario next year Sebastian Blanco

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Toronto Electric debuts Option 1 at PHEV'09 [w/VIDEO] Domenick Yoney

Toronto Electric, a company usually busy with the building and servicing of industrial lifting equipment, took advantage of PHEV'09 in Montreal last week to debut an electric car prototype. ...

Magna wants to build electric vehicles in Canada within 3 years Sam Abuelsamid

Frank Stronach, founder of Magna International, sees electric vehicles as a key step along the route to his long-time dream of making his company a full automaker. To that end, the company has ...

Vancouver 2009: GMC Sierra 1500 hydrogen truck Sebastian Blanco

One of the few vehicles on display at the Hydrogen + Fuel Cells 2009 conference here in Vancouver is a modified GMC Sierra 1500 pickup truck. The modifications involved swapping out the gas tank ...

Toronto Mayor rids self of Prius, gets Malibu hybrid 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

There'll be no more Prius parked in the garage of City of Toronto Mayor, David Miller. The vintage 2003 Toyota import was chagrined to learn, whilst in the shop to correct an electronics problem, that it had been replaced by a almost-domestically-produced car, a new Chevrolet Malibu hybrid. ...

X-Prize entrant exhibits eRev at Epic Expo, earns 275 MPGe 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Vancouver just played host to the Epic Expo, an exposition centered around sustainable living, and one of the exhibitors there might be familiar to dedicated AutoblogGreen readers. Last year in New York, we introduced you to the alé by Fuel Vapor Technologies which, at the time, was good ...

Canadian E5 mandate to move ahead despite concerns 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Despite growing concerns that the widespread production and use of corn ethanol is actually counter-productive to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the Canadian government is moving ahead with a mandate to require ethanol blending into all gasoline supplies. By September 2010, Canadian refiners ...

Canada to get the Mazda2 within a year 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Toronto's Globe and Mail is reporting that Canadian car buyers will soon have a new small car option available when Mazda introduces it's B-segment 2. The little 2 shares its underpinnings with the Ford Fiesta and Mazda has hinted in the past at offering it in the U.S. but has yet to confirm ...

Tesla Roadster on sale in Canada as of... today, deliveries start in Q4 '09 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Canada has not always been the friendliest territory for electric cars, but that's changing. After the Tesla empire officially expanded to Chicago yesterday, the company has announced it will join the northern rush and is now ready to take orders in Canada. Canadian buyers will have to wait ...

Win a maple leaf smart fortwo edit10n, eh 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

To celebrate the tenth year of the smart brand, Mercedes-Benz is making some incredibly limited editions of the fortwo called edit10n. For the Canada-specific version of the edit10n, only be ten copies will be made. What makes this edit10n Canadian? The maple leaf details, of course. The new ...

Electrovaya bringing electric cars to Canada this year 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While we've known that Canadian battery systems maker Electrovaya has teamed up with Tata to produce electric versions of their Indica model, we were surprised to learn that the company was hooking up with Ford's Chinese auto-making partner, Changan, to bring electric cars to the "True North ...

Oil sands projects bogging down 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The recent drop in oil prices, in combination with the failing economy, is taking a toll in the development of Canadian oil sands. Because of low labor productivity and increasing costs, the Canadian-based industry is finding it increasingly difficult to compete in the global marketplace. Poor ...

GM agrees to build new mid-size hybrid, 6-speed transmission in Canada 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

With a federal election coming soon in Canada, the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has begun to liberally spread the pork. The most recent example is a deal that will relieve General Motors of Canada from the repayment of $200 million in previous government loans in ...

Bombardier signs $485 million dollar contracts for hybrid locomotives 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Canadian-based train manufacturer Bombardier announced two contracts to supply hybrid locomotives in North-America. According to Bombardier, these two will be the first deliveries of such technology, which uses diesel and/or electricity to power the locomotives. The contracts were signed with the ...

Subaru asks, Pogo or PZEV? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Subaru doesn't have any hybrids in its line up and its electric car program, based around the R1e, is still in its (seemingly never-ending) infancy, but it does have partial zero-emission vehicles (PZEVs) and , apparently, pogo sticks. In an effort to promote the sale of its PZEV vehicles in ...

U.S. mayors call for oil sands boycott 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Oil sands mining transforms the landscape Photo: David Dodge, Pembina Institute American mayors attending their annual meeting in Florida this week adopted a resolution that "supports federal legislation that prohibits government use of unconventional or synthetic fuels" derived from CO2-intensive ...

Canadian 50-liter challenge finds the most efficient compact 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Back in 2005, when gasoline cost $1 Canadian per liter and it was already considered expensive, Canadian Driver inaugurated the 50-liter challenge. This event highlights the fuel-saving benefits of driving a compact car, and tries to promote an efficient driving style. But why choose 50 liters ...

Rumor: Toyota Land Cruiser diesel may debut in Canada for MY2009 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

According to an unofficial source who may have previewed some upcoming promotional materials, it looks like the diesel-powered version of Toyota's off-road brute may be landing in North America this fall. The recently redesigned Toyota Land Cruiser offers a new 4.5L diesel V8 in overseas markets, ...

Wheat being touted in western Canada for ethanol 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While the United States and the eastern half of our friendly neighbors up north are using corn as the primary feedstock for ethanol and Brazil has been concentrating on sugar cane, the left-half of Canada is considering wheat. The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association hopes that the creation ...

Support for biofuel subsidies collapsing in Canadian parliament 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The single most expensive environmental initiative put forward by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Conservative) was a biofuels initiative that is now seeing significant new opposition. The CDN$2.2 billion (about a $1 trillion at current exchange rates) was intended to provide incentives for ...

Air Products makes hydrogen to then make gasoline and diesel in Alberta 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A 2005 press image from Air Products. Need hydrogen in Alberta, Canada? Air Products (along with its Air Products Canada Ltd. subsidiary) has announced the commercialization of a hydrogen plant this week. Air Products' new plant can make over 100 million standard-cubic-feet-per-day. The hydrogen is ...

Pedal-powered Buick out of court and on the road again 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A little while back we brought you a video featuring footage of artist Michel de Broin's "Shared Propulsion Car" as he and some friends rolled it out of a garage, climbed in and began pedaling (yes, I said pedaling) their way a short distance down the street. The ride was short because, before they ...

Trade in your old guzzler for cash in Canada 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Not long ago we discussed used American guzzlers being shipped en masse to Mexico. In the comments that ensued many of you didn't really seem to have a problem with that despite the fact that pollution, not to mention CO2, knows no border and affects the lungs and lives of all of us. There are ...

B.C. to increase the carbon tax on drivers by 2.4 cents per liter during the summer 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As you know, some countries are trying to reduce fossil fuels consumption by creating a carbon tax that is applied to products such as gasoline. One such example is British Columbia, Canada, where a tax of 2.4 cents for each liter of gasoline is going to be included in gas prices next summer. ...

Canadian ecoAuto program killed after only two years 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When the Canadian government announced its ecoAuto program a year ago, it was immediately controversial. By offering tax rebates to drivers who bought more cars with mileage above an specified level and applying extra taxes to thirstier vehicles, certain vehicles where left out in the cold. Setting ...

Canada not exactly swimming in available biofuels 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Up in the land of a few acres of snow, citizens are eager to use biofuels but, in many cases, can't find them. A story on Canada.com gives us the details of a trend in the country of customers wondering where the biofuels are at. E85, for example, is available to the general public only at two ...

Is GM backtracking on its hybrid promises? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Right on the heels of GMNext, GM Canada has started a purely green public outreach effort, the Green by Design podcast. The first episode says there will be 10 'casts, all about green topics such as hybrids and fuel cells. For the most part, these types corporate programs are usually extended ...

Canada wants to join the 35mpg by 2020 club 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Now that the energy bill and its attendant fuel economy standards has been passed here in the U.S., it looks like the Canadian government wants to officially adopt the same standards. Canada has never actually had fuel efficiency standards of its own but in 2007 committed to implementing one. Since ...

Three electric vehicle companies ready to move south out of Canada 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Tamarack Lake Electric Boat Company, Electrovaya and a "firm that is developing electric ice resurfacing machines" are three electric vehicle companies that have moved (or are planning to move) from Ontario, Canada to New York State thanks to big incentives from New York State Energy Research ...

32 more 2008 vehicles qualify for Canadian ecoAuto rebate, including Fit and HHR 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The list of vehicles eligible for Canada's controversial ecoAuto program has been updated with thirty-two more 2008 models added. The program pays Canadian car-buyers rebates of $1,000-2,000 when they buy vehicles on the list. To qualify, the cars and trucks have to meet a minimum mileage threshold. ...

CD Howe Institute recomends changes to Canada's ecoAuto program 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The C.D. Howe Institute is a Canadian think-tank that has taken a look at the ecoAuto program introduced by the government there earlier this year. The controversial program created a sliding scale of rebates and taxes based on new vehicles fuel consumption. Buyers of more efficient vehicles got ...

Canada to subsidize farmers to participate in biodiesel plant 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Canadian Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry announced a $638,599 subsidy to build a new biodiesel plant in Alberta that will cost 8 million dollars (Canadian). This aid more than doubles the 275,000 dollars Canadian farmers were already investing in the plant. This subsidy is set in the ...

Chrysler Canada CEO wants ecoAUTO program repealed 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Honda Canada is not the only company unhappy about the ecoAUTO rebate program in Canada. Chrysler Canada CEO Reid Bigland wrote an Op-Ed in the National Post urging the program to be repealed. Even though Chrysler has a number of vehicles eligible for the rebates either as a result of good mileage ...

Honda Canada tweaks the Fit to qualify for MPG rebate 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

When the Canadian government introduced its ecoAuto rebate program last spring, Honda wasn't happy. The plan set a threshold of 6.5L/100km for cars to qualify for the rebates. Unfortunately Honda's most efficient gas engine model, the Fit, got 6.6L/100km and so failed to qualify. To cover the gap, ...

Hybrid accounts for 20% of all Camry sales in Canada 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota is widely known as the leader in hybrid sales. The Prius is obviously the flag-bearer of the line-up, but don't forget about the Camry Hybrid. That car won the award as "Green Car of the Year" last year from the L.A. Auto Show, and also won the award from the Automobile Journalists ...

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