The government is expected to try to convince some of the automakers to process the minerals locally and even build batteries and possibly electric vehicles in the country.<\/p>\n
Tesla is also looking to Canada for resources, and it has now secured an important new hire in the market.<\/p>\n
As first reported by Electric Autonomy Canada<\/em><\/a>, Tesla hired Aleem Ladak to lead \u201cGovernment Policy, Critical Minerals & Supply Chain\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n Ladak is a geological engineer who started out his career as a mining engineer and then moved on to the analysis and business side of the industry. Before joining Tesla last month, he was a \u201csenior mineral economist & battery minerals advisor for the Ontario Ministry of Mines.\u201d<\/p>\n Ladak will be expected to help Tesla establish a stronger supply chain in the country, potentially leading to a new factory in Canada.<\/p>\n Over the past few months, we have been reporting on evidence that Tesla has been looking at a potential location in Canada for its next Gigafactory. Tesla plans to ramp up production to 20 million electric vehicles by the end of the decade, and it is expected to need about eight more Gigafactories to do it.<\/p>\n In June,\u00a0Electrek<\/em>\u00a0obtained a recording of a companywide meeting held by Tesla CEO Elon Musk<\/a>,\u00a0during which he confirmed that Tesla is looking at factory sites in North America. The CEO also hinted at Canada being the location for Tesla\u2019s next Gigafactory, which he says should be announced by the end of the year.<\/p>\n Musk teased a possible Canada factory<\/a>\u00a0again at Tesla\u2019s annual shareholders\u2019 meeting last month, and the company\u2019s efforts were confirmed through\u00a0a lobbying disclosure by the automaker with the Ontario government<\/a>\u00a0in Canada.<\/p>\n Last month, a local report stated that Tesla had visited Vale\u2019s nickel operations in Canada and was\u00a0scouting sites for a factory in Ontario and Quebec<\/a>. We also reported that\u00a0Tesla visited a graphite mining and processing company<\/a>\u00a0based in Quebec\u2019s battery valley.<\/p>\n Finally, Quebec started to look like a likely location for a Tesla Gigafactory in Canada after we saw\u00a0the automaker had posted a job listing for a high-volume recruiter<\/a>, which generally means the company is looking to hire thousands of workers.<\/p>\n Last week, Francois-Philippe Champagne, Canada\u2019s industry and innovation minister, confirmed that the government is talking to Tesla about the automaker establishing a factory in the country<\/a>.<\/p>\nTesla Canada factory<\/h2>\n
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