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ESG 'fantasy' distracts from real climate change fight, says former Blackrock insider The amount of money flowing into funds that market themselves as “sustainable investing funds” is rapidly increasing, and hit a total of just US$2 trillion recently. But are these funds having any impact on the world? .
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How 'urban mining could' someday replace pulling minerals from the ground — podcast There’s a race going on right now to remake the North American recycling landscape. This week Down to Business features Ajay Kochar, chief executive and co-founde.
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Tesla's Model 3 The World's Best-Selling Luxury Sedan In Q1 During Tesla Inc's (NASDAQ: TSLA) Q1 earnings call, the company announced profitability and increasing vehicle sales worldwide. The future of full self-driving vehicles, energy storage and vehicle production was also discussed. read more.
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Forget bubbles, Canada has a housing affordability crisis: Frances Donald on Down to Business Canada is in the throes of a painful third wave of coronavirus pandemic, but with the vaccination campaign picking up speed, economists are starting to look ahead. .
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Down to Business: Days are numbered for fossil-fuel cars. Is Canada ready? When the pandemic hit, Canada’s auto industry rapidly pivoted from making cars to making masks, gloves, ventilators, et cetera, but there was a cost: 2020 was the worst year in decades for auto manufacturers. .
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Canada has 'right ingredients' to be a EV world leader Brian Kingston, President and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association, talks to Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about Canada.
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An almost-century old Manitoba company debuts an autonomous bus Paul Soubry, CEO and President of NFI Group, speaks with the Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about the company’s move into self-driving bus.
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How Lion Electric scrapped plans for a solo IPO, jumped on the SPAC bandwagon and ended up with a US$1.9B valuation The Lion Electric Co. chose to forego plans for a solo initial public offering and instead pursued a listing on the New York Stock Exchange via a merger with an American blank-cheque company in an effort to accelerate its growth plans, accor.
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Quebec's Lion Electric to list on NYSE with $1.9 billion valuation through merger with U.S. blank-cheque firm The Lion Electric Co., a promising electric vehicle manufacturer based in Quebec, said it plans to go public through a merger with a U.S. blank-cheque firm Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. .
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Why Ontario's auto industry is undergoing a rebirth Flavio Volpe, president of Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, speaks with Financial Post’s Larysa Harpyn about the upbeat outlook.
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GM to reopen Oshawa plant to make trucks, says tentative union agreement General Motors will invest close to $1.3 billion to reopen its storied Oshawa plant, which was shuttered in 2018, and heavy-duty trucks will begin rolling off the assembly line by 2022, according to a tentative agreement reached in the wee h.
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Unionized Ford workers vote on contract, 'game-changer' electric auto investment TORONTO — Canadian employees of Ford Motor Co. began voting Sunday on a new contract that their union says includes wage hikes, bonuses and a $1.8-billion investment to establish the country’s first plant that would mass-produce .
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'Home run': Ford, Unifor reach tentative agreement on new contract, electric-vehicle investment Ford Motor Co. and Unifor have dodged a strike and reached a tentative agreement on a new labour contract, which the union says includes a commitment b.
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What's at stake in the battle over gig workers After a California appeals court last week halted a law requiring the reclassification of ride-hail drivers of Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc as em.
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'One tough set of negotiations': Jerry Dias on Unifor's strategy in talks with Big three automakers Unifor national president Jerry Dias says there is no better place to forward green policies than the auto sector with 50 per cent of vehicle sales in .
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'An own goal': Aluminum tariffs will hurt U.S. consumers Brian Kingston, CEO of Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association speaks with the Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about how aluminum tarif.
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Why Canadian automakers should accelerate their electric vehicle capabilities Auto industry faces dramatic risks from the global transition to electric vehicles and it could soon start impacting jobs, according to a new report.
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These Trading Pros Agree: GM's Stock Is Showing A Little More Promise Than Ford Investors looking for exposure to auto stocks but don't want to deal with Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) should consider General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) over Ford Motor Company (NYSE: 0 read more.
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Car sales may be slumping, but policy could give electric vehicles and the auto industry a charge Kevin Carmichael: If governments want to get more electric vehicles on the road, they will have to keep the incentives coming.
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Tesla adds Larry Ellison, Walgreens executive to board, fulfilling terms of SEC deal SEC ordered Tesla to step up its governance and oversight measures after Elon Musk claimed to have had funding and investor support for a buyout.
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