{"id":20108,"date":"2020-11-02T15:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/caisse-investing-further-in-electric-vehicle-charging-network-151932"},"modified":"2020-11-02T15:00:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T20:00:40","slug":"caisse-investing-further-in-electric-vehicle-charging-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2020\/11\/02\/caisse-investing-further-in-electric-vehicle-charging-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Caisse investing further in electric vehicle charging network"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"alignleft clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption feature-image alignleft\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/44577761_123RF_ElectricVehicleCharging_2-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feature size-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Copyright_Mike_123RF\" title=\"Caisse investing further in electric vehicle charging network\"> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\"> <span>Staff<\/span>&nbsp;|&nbsp;November 2, 2020 <\/p>\n<p>The Caisse de d\u00e9p\u00f4t et placement du Qu\u00e9bec is part of a $53-million round of Series C funding for AddEnergie Technologies Inc., a Quebec-based operator of electric vehicle charging stations.<\/p>\n<p>The Caisse initially invested in the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/caisse-invests-in-addenergies-expansion-79453\">in 2016<\/a> and again <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/caisse-boosts-investment-in-electric-vehicle-charging-company-125097\">in 2019<\/a>, alongside partners. This round of funding included MacKinnon, Bennett &amp; Co. Inc., Business Development Bank of Canada, Fonds de solidarit\u00e9 FTQ, Export Development Canada and Investissement Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/caisse-invests-in-addenergies-expansion-79453\">Caisse invests in Add\u00c9nergie\u2019s expansion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCDPQ has played a part in AddEnergie\u2019s development since 2016, driven by the desire to support the company\u2019s growth and expansion,\u201d said Kim Thomassin, executive vice-president and head of investments in Quebec and stewardship investing at the Caisse, in the release. \u201cWe were there as they penetrated the Canadian and U.S. markets and we are proud to reaffirm our commitment to AddEnergie as it pursues its expansion plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis investment aligns with our strategic priorities \u2014 not only does it support a Quebec company\u2019s international expansion, it allows us to increase our holdings in low-carbon assets, which is a benefit to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/caisse-boosts-investment-in-electric-vehicle-charging-company-125097\">Caisse boosts investment in electric vehicle charging company<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/caisse-investing-further-in-electric-vehicle-charging-network-151932\">Read the full article at BenefitsCanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff&nbsp;|&nbsp;November 2, 2020 The Caisse de d\u00e9p\u00f4t et placement du Qu\u00e9bec is part of a $53-million round of Series C funding for AddEnergie Technologies Inc., a Quebec-based operator of electric vehicle charging stations. The&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}