Calgary plant the ‘brains’ behind new innovation for more cost efficient EVs
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A Calgary manufacturing facility has developed a new innovation it hopes will make electric vehicles more efficient for companies and consumers.
A Calgary manufacturing plant is out with an innovation it hopes will help drive savings for electric vehicle (EV) users.
Exro Technologies is celebrating the start of a production milestone, showcasing what it calls its “commitment to pushing the boundaries of technology in the electric vehicle industry and clean tech space.”
“We’re reshaping the way the world consumes energy,” Exro CEO Sue Ozdemir told a crowd Wednesday morning.
The company is doing that through a new inverter.
“When you think about an electric vehicle — so anything on land with wheels — there’s a brain inside,” she said. “We call that brain an inverter. What the inverter does is convert the energy from the battery to the motor to make the wheels turn.
“We’ve created a new brain for vehicles, a new ability to make energy consumption efficient.
“Energy efficiency in vehicles is what matters. So basically, you want that vehicle to go farther on your single charge and you do that through the brain.”
The innovation is produced in what Exro believes is Canada’s first automotive clean tech room. Ozdemir and her team acknowledged that may come as a surprise to many, largely thanks Alberta’s oil and gas reputation.
B.C. health authorities have announced the first case of a human avian flu infection acquired in Canada, with the teenage patient in critical condition in hospital.
People have been hearing a lot about H5N1 bird flu — or highly pathogenic avian influenza — since a B.C. teen became the first human to get the virus in Canada and is in hospital.
The Liberal government and the NDP negotiated the substance of a pharmacare bill as part of their now-defunct supply-and-confidence agreement.
Kennedy ran as an independent presidential candidate but gave Trump his endorsement with a promise to have a role in health policy in the next Trump administration.
Emergency services are at the scene of a train derailment Thursday morning on Montreal's south shore, where they are urging citizens to stay away from the area.
"I was yelling at them saying get the F** away it’s a wild animal," resident Josh Merrin told Global News. "Sorry about my language."
H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows, with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and poultry workers.
The Calgary Zoo announced that one of its lowland gorillas unexpectedly passed away on November 12, 2024.
Edmontonians have had mixed feelings and now the city is asking people to share their thoughts officially. The findings of a survey could bring some changes.
Dr. Anna Wolak, a family physician in Vancouver, said many parents are likely having flashbacks to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite this flu being a single case.
WHO acknowledged that testing for mpox is still not widespread, making it difficult to understand how exactly the virus is spreading.