Vehicle-to-grid initiatives — where electric vehicles store power and feed it back to the electrical grid in times of high demand — could help local utilities better meet people's needs.
A Montreal-area electric vehicle maker says the $100-million investment from Ottawa and Quebec announced Monday for a battery pack assembly plant will help make its fleet less expensive.
In a hangar-like space an hour from Montreal, workers in safety glasses carefully jockey huge aluminum arches into rows, like ribs, before switching on a whining drill to screw them into place.