At the ARC Energy Investment Forum, Mark Nantais, President at the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturer’s Association discusses the challenges that auto makers will face to meet the new fuel efficiency standards of the US Government in the next ten years. Mark also comments on the rolling out of electric vehicle and autonomous vehicle technology, and how […]
Curiously, the price of oil took a beating following last Thursday’s announcement that OPEC and Russia would extend their production cuts for another nine months. For what was a seemingly positive declaration, the oil markets were looking for more conviction. Despite a 1.8 MMB/d drop in production from OPEC and Russia since the end of 2016 (see Figure 1), crude oil and product storage tanks in OECD countries have not yet retreated […]
At the ARC Energy Investment Forum, Andrew Miller, an analyst from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence provides insight into the lithium ion battery and raw material development supply chain. He also discusses the outlook for growth in the mineral and mining sectors in coming years as electric vehicle manufacturing grows.
Dr. Linda Nazar, University of Waterloo Professor and Canada Research Chair Solid State Energy Materials, discusses the future of lithium-ion battery technology for light-duty vehicles, and for larger scale grid storage at the ARC Energy Investment Forum.
