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Investments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Interests In Other Entities [Abstract] |
Disclosure of interests in other entities | The following table summarizes the financial information of Weichai Ballard JV as included in its own financial statements as of December 31, 2018, adjusted for foreign exchange differences and the Corporation's accounting policies and its own costs incurred to setup.
12. | Investments (cont'd):
| 2018 |
Percentage ownership interest | 49 | %
Cash | $ | 20,107 |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 8,856 |
Trade and other payables | (1,123 | )
Net assets (100%) | $ | 27,840 |
Corporation's share of net assets (49%) | 13,642 |
Incorporation costs | 320 |
Foreign exchange | 27 |
Carrying amount of investment in Weichai Ballard JV | $ | 13,989 |
Operating expenses | 1,259 |
Net loss (100%) | $ | 1,259 |
Corporation's share of net loss (49%) | $ | 617 |
At December 31, 2018, as specified in the Equity Joint Venture Agreement, the Corporation is committed to capital contributions to Weichai Ballard JV as follows:
Less than 1 year | $ | 20,839 |
1-3 years | 34,198 |
4-5 years | 9,084 |
Total capital contributions | $ | 64,121 |
| December 31, 2018 |  |  | December 31, 2017 |
Investment in Synergy Ballard JVCo (note 4) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 676 |
Investment in Weichai Ballard JV (note 4) | 13,989 |  |  | — |
Other | 5 |  |  | 5 |
| $ | 13,994 |  |  | $ | 681 |
Investment in Synergy Ballard JVCo | December 31, 2018 |  |  | December 31, 2017 |
Beginning balance | $ | 676 |  |  | $ | 1,185 |
Adjustment for actual cash contributed to JV | — |  |  | (34 | )
Elimination of 10% profit on MEAs not yet sold or consumed | (139 | ) |  | (676 | )
Equity in earnings (loss) | (537 | ) |  | 201 |
| $ | — |  |  | $ | 676 |
Of the $1,185,000 beginning balance at January 1, 2017, $972,000 was contributed to the investment in Synergy Ballard JVCo in 2016.
Investment in Weichai Ballard JV | December 31, 2018 |  |  | December 31, 2017 |
Capital contribution to JV | $ | 14,286 |  |  | $ | — |
Incorporation costs | 320 |  |  | — |
Equity in loss | (617 | ) |  | — |
| $ | 13,989 |  |  | $ | — |

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