Grin Technologies and Moment Energy will obtain cash for EV conversion and EV battery recycling
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A Vancouver firm that makes kits wanted to transform a daily bike to an electrical bike has acquired a $350,000 injection from the provincial government.
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According to Minister for Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation Bruce Ralston, the cash shall be used to scale up manufacturing and manufacturing of Grin Technologies’ all-axle motor.
This hub motor presents single-side set up which can be utilized for bicycles, tricycles and quad-vehicle conversions to electrical energy.
The firm’s web site states you want a battery pack, motor, motor controller and a throttle to show a daily bike into an e-bike.
“One of the many things we do here at Grin is supply conversion parts to people who are making their own electric bicycle,” the web site reads.
“We’ve been doing this as a business for over 15 years and most of our customers are quite seasoned too, often doing their 3rd, 4th, or 5th e-bike build.”
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The grant has come from the provincial government’s CleanBC Go Electric Advanced Research and Commercialization program.
In its newest spherical of funding, ARC is donating $8 million towards 17 projects throughout all modes of transportation together with boats, electrical bikes and aviation.
The program can be giving Coquitlam firm Moment Energy $320,000 to proceed its work recycling previous electrical car batteries into clean energy programs for distant communities.
The firm is constructing and testing a 120-kilowatt-hour battery pack at an off-grid scuba diving resort, amongst different projects.
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