Dalhousie University gets $20M investment for battery innovation centre

Dalhousie Batteries — Chongyin Yang, Dalhousie’s Tesla Canada Chair, in Dalhousie's current battery testing lab. (NICK PEARCE\/DALHOUSIE)

March 13, 2024 09:07 PM

A $20-million investment at Dalhousie University in Halifax will create the country’s first university-based battery prototyping and testing site, as the East Coast city reinforces its status as a leading battery-technology hub.

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