A company building a major factory for electric vehicle batteries in Quebec says incendiary devices were found on May 6 morning at its construction site east of Montreal, in what is the latest act of alleged vandalism against the project.
The devices consisted of bottles filled with flammable liquid with a “rudimentary” ignition system, said Paolo Cerruti, co-founder of Swedish manufacturer Northvolt. Mr. Cerruti, who is also CEO of Northvolt North America, told reporters the ignition system “allowed for a certain delay” before the bottles were supposed to catch fire, but “thank God it didn’t work.”
