After breaking ground in 2023, the company building a plant to produce battery components for electric vehicles in a municipality near Kingston, Ont., says it’s delaying construction of the plant citing a slowdown in EV sales.

  • Baggins [he/him]@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Hmm. Really makes you wonder if it was ever intended to be built or they just bulldozed a massive field to collect some green energy grants.

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      4 months ago

      Literally my first thought, and it wouldn’t be the first time that sort of thing happened, either!

      If a grant was collected, and a project had not been completed (or started), the company should pay it back with interest.

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      4 months ago

      It’s not so bad. I don’t think our government gave them a lot of cash assistance up front from what I read. More like relief for start-up period.