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Intangible assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Intangible Assets [Abstract] |
Disclosure of detailed information about intangible assets |
| December 31, 2021 |  | December 31, 2020
Intellectual property acquired from UTC | $ | 74 |  |  | $ | 522 |
ERP management reporting software system | 3,631 |  |  | 3,242 |
Intellectual property acquired from Ballard Motive Solutions, net of amortization (note 7) | 17,083 |  |  | — |
| $ | 20,788 |  |  | $ | 3,764 |
Disclosure of reconciliation of changes in intangible assets |
|  |  | Accumulated |  | Net carrying
| Cost |  | amortization |  | amount
At January 1, 2020 | $ | 60,409 |  |  | $ | 54,722 |  |  | $ | 5,687 |
Additions to intangible assets | 246 |  |  | — |  |  | 246 |
Amortization expense | — |  |  | 1,657 |  |  | (1,657) |
Disposals | (800) |  |  | (288) |  |  | (512) |
At December 31, 2020 | 59,855 |  |  | 56,091 |  |  | 3,764 |
Acquisition of intangible assets | 17,279 |  |  | — |  |  | 17,279 |
Additions to intangible assets | 1,543 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,543 |
Amortization expense | — |  |  | 1,798 |  |  | (1,798) |
At December 31, 2021 | $ | 78,677 |  |  | $ | 57,889 |  |  | $ | 20,788 |

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