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Kovrig Warns Canada Risks "Deep Entanglement" With Beijing by Opening Its Market to Chinese EVs
21+ hour, 5+ min ago (54+ words) Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig told MPs that Ottawa"s agreement with Beijing to open its markets to Chinese electric vehicles puts Canada at risk of "deeper economic entanglement" with China and dependency that could erode Canada"s sovereignty....
Amazon Accelerates Renewable Energy Investment to Power Data Centres in Australia
15+ hour, 36+ min ago (166+ words) The company said it had signed nine additional renewable energy purchase agreements. Including earlier contracts, Amazon has now invested in 20 projects. Amazon Accelerates Renewable Energy Investment to Power Data Centres in Australia E-commerce and tech giant Amazon is expanding its…...
What Are the Odds Chinese EVs Are Made With Forced Labour, and Would CBSA Block Shipments to Canada?
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (465+ words) Ottawa's regime against forced labour and its ambitions to get closer to Beijing could be tested in the short term as Chinese electric vehicles are about to enter the Canadian market. Experts have raised concerns that goods made with forced…...
Toyota, Honda Form New Canadian Lobby Group as Industry Faces Challenges
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (63+ words) Toyota and Honda have formed a new lobby group called the Pacific Manufacturing Association of Canada as the country's automotive industry faces significant challenges. The two Japanese companies accounted for about three-quarters of vehicles produced in Canada last year, after…...
Bezos- and Gates-Backed Ko Bold Metals Launches Massive Lithium Exploration Push in Congo
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (429+ words) The company plans AI-driven exploration across vast territory to secure lithium supply for Western markets. Bezos- and Gates-Backed Ko Bold Metals Launches Massive Lithium Exploration Push in Congo Ko Bold Metals, backed by billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has…...
Australia'US Critical Minerals Deal Tops US$3 Billion Investment Target
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (55+ words) The Labor government announced that more than $5 billion (US$3. 57 billion) in funding had been delivered over the past six months. Australia'US Critical Minerals Deal Tops US$3 Billion Investment Target Australia and the United States have already surpassed their initial critical…...
Waymo Partners With Waze to Use Self-Driving Cars to Track Potholes
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (213+ words) The new program will use Waymo's self-driving cars to gather pothole data and share it on Waze's platform. Waymo Partners With Waze to Use Self-Driving Cars to Track Potholes Two Alphabet-owned companies, Waymo and Waze, announced on April 9 that they…...
Australians Turn to Battery Powered Vehicles as Fuel Prices Bite
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (72+ words) Despite the government halving fuel excise, warnings of future price increases are driving Australians to EVs and e-bikes in record numbers. Australians Turn to Battery Powered Vehicles as Fuel Prices Bite While fuel prices across the five capital cities have…...
Cash for Clunkers and the Cost of Convenience
1+ week, 2+ day ago (463+ words) In 2009, in all of our environmental wisdom, we launched a program that came to be known as Cash for Clunkers. That wasn't the official name, but it is the one most people remember. In just a couple of months, nearly…...
Intel to Join Space X, x AI, and Tesla's Terafab Project in Texas
1+ week, 2+ day ago (224+ words) The chip manufacturer will help Musk's Terafab project to refactor silicon fab technology. Intel to Join Space X, x AI, and Tesla's Terafab Project in Texas The Silicon Valley chip manufacturer will help Musk's Terafab project to "help refactor silicon…...