The federal government is going full throttle on its plan to ban new gas and diesel vehicles without any apparent concern about running into the reality of implementing electric vehicle standards.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the regulations in 2022. Unsurprisingly, the government still hasn’t provided much explanation about how people will pay for new electric cars or where they’ll get the power to charge them. And we certainly haven’t seen the full bill.
“… For a city with 120,000 homes, which today may require about 2,000 transformers, the addition of 120,000 home-charged electric vehicles means adding 1,000 transformers, about $8 million. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg, because distributing 50 to 100% more household electricity requires generating 50 to 100% more electricity.
All this costs money that most Americans today do not have, especially at the generation end. Especially with the push to eliminate electric generation from coal and natural gas and even nuclear energy. It also requires massive construction of electric infrastructure, from transmission lines to transformers to in-home charging stations accompanied by larger electric fuse boxes.”
As Chinese companies test their autonomous vehicles on American roads, concerns are growing about the vast amounts of data these “rolling surveillance devices” are collecting and the potential national security implications.
h/t XC
The electric vehicle revolution is encountering significant hurdles as consumers grapple with high costs, infrastructure challenges, and geopolitical tensions, potentially slowing the transition from traditional gas-powered cars, according to a report by Fast Company.
Blood diamonds, blood cobalt, and now blood nickel. Governments leading the global shift toward electric vehicles promise cleaner cities and a new era of sustainable energy and improved resource usage. But just as governments promote EVs on environmental grounds, manufacturers are forced to source nickel from a region enabling the wanton destruction of ecologically sensitive lands, reckless treatment of workers, and the fundamental deterioration of living conditions. There is only one solution to this problem: the world needs more Canadian nickel.
EV’s look bad from more angles than the general public is yet aware of. No one is going to give up their Blood Nickle, not easily.
The rise of electric vehicles helped bring environmentalists and the Canadian auto sector closer together. Now, the threat of Chinese-made electric vehicles is pushing them apart.
A schism between the two sides came into view last week after the federal Liberals announced a 30-day consultation on how to protect Canadian auto workers from what Deputy Prime Minister Chyrstia Freeland characterized as a potential flood of cheap EVs from China.
It’s not a healthy market period and likely to collapse without China’s help.
Northolt’s battery factory in Montreal could be delayed as EV market cools
Canadians have been standing at filling stations for decades, so they’re probably not thinking too much about the taxes they pay on their gas or where that money goes, but that may change as more electric vehicles are sold.
Alberta this past spring slipped EV owners a bill for $200 — due every year on top of the standard registration fees — to account for the wear and tear on roads their cars cause. In doing so, it joined Saskatchewan and a number of jurisdictions in the United States that have imposed additional fees on EV drivers to compensate for the fact that they’re not paying taxes on gasoline.
A trade war with China over EVs could slow Canada’s low-carbon transition, groups warn
Environmental groups are calling on the federal government to avoid getting into a trade war with China over electric vehicles.
They say they fear trade sanctions could make EVs more expensive, delaying Canada’s transition to a low-carbon economy.
Less than a week after the federal government announced it was considering imposing trade restrictions on cheaper Chinese-made EVs, groups like Environmental Defence are urging Ottawa to consider the ramifications of such a move.
I bet commie Guilbeault agrees.
Ray Bestwick bought an electric car last May in the hope of hassle-free motoring.
But with eight trips to the garage in little more than a year, the 62-year-old engineer cannot wait to put an end to his “soul-destroying” experience.
Electric vehicles (EV) may benefit the environment, but thousands of owners have expressed their regret over their car purchase.
A McKinsey Mobility Consumer Pulse presentation released in June 2024 by McKinsey & Company indicated that 46 percent of EV owners in the US are ‘very’ likely to switch back to gas-powered vehicles.
The data is based on responses from nearly 37,000 participants who own EVs, but the US results are what surprised the company that conducted the study.
According to “energy transition” and “net-zero” enthusiasts, the future looks bright for electric vehicles (EVs). Though not so bright, it seems, that the federal and some provincial governments haven’t had to offer at least $15 billion in subsidies to prompt carmakers to develop Canadian production facilities, as well as lavish subsidies to get people to buy EVs. And since even that isn’t enough to bring consumers around, a Trudeau government mandate now requires that all new light-duty vehicles sold in Canada must be electric or plug-in hybrid by 2035. In other words, the government is banning traditional internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs).
Canada is weighing whether to slap tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles to stop cheap EVs from flooding the market. But Ottawa – which has pumped billions of dollars worth of subsidies into the Canadian EV industry – says its concerns are not only economic.
“We’re also looking at the national security aspect of this; the security aspect including cybersecurity, when it comes to Chinese exports of high technology items, like EVs,” Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday.
Every modern vehicle is designed to spy on you personally.
Ford filed a patent for a “remote repossession” capability. You can bet the government approves.
A massive factory fire that began after several lithium batteries exploded has killed at least 22 people in South Korea.
The blaze broke out on Monday morning at the Aricell plant in Hwaseong city, about 45km (28 miles) south of the capital Seoul.
Local television footage showed large smoke clouds and small explosions going off as firefighters sought to put out the fire. A part of the roof had collapsed.
In Hwaseong, South Korea, a fire at the Aricell lithium battery factory has resulted in at least 20 deaths. The fire, which started on the second floor, led to explosions and thick smoke, complicating firefighting efforts.
The fire department mobilized 159 firefighters and 63… pic.twitter.com/ZgkAOlYIqp
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More electric vehicle drivers are thinking about switching back to internal combustion engine automobiles, according to new findings from the 2024 McKinsey & Co. Mobility Consumer Global Survey.
Forty-six percent of EV owners surveyed in the United States say they will likely return to driving gas-powered vehicles.
Globally, the survey of 30,000 respondents in 15 countries found that more than one-quarter (29 percent) of EV owners are likely to go back to driving gas-powered cars.
The Canadian government appears set to push back against the explosive growth in Chinese electric vehicle imports by joining its allies in a tariff battle that risks triggering retaliation from Beijing.
On Thursday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford called on the federal government to “immediately match or exceed U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports, including at least a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles.”
“Taking every advantage of low labour standards and dirty energy, China is flooding the market with artificially cheap electric vehicles. Unless we act fast, we risk Ontario and Canadian jobs,” the premier said in a media statement.
I’m sure Canada’s China class will steer Justin in Beijing’s approved direction.
