EVS IRL: EVs In Real Life

04/25/2026

I am guessing nearly all of them will be in Quebec and BC with a handful in Ontario. The rest of Canada will miss out thanks largely to the failure to institute provincial sales targets.

BYD plans to open 20 dealerships in Canada in 2026, moving fast to establish a presence as the country loosens restrictions on Chinese EV imports.

01/06/2026

Canada is the only country listed where the proportion of new cars sold that are EVs actually dropped in 2025 - disgraceful. Squint and it looks like we're now actually behind the US.

05/26/2025

Maybe Canadians will one day be able to buy normal-sized EVs? The Canadian Automobile Dealers Association is lobbying to be able to sell popular cars from elsewhere without expensive re-certification. Apparently they've discovered we still like hatchbacks!

Only two of the top ten EVs sold in Europe last month (the VW ID.4 and the Tesla Model Y) are available in Canada. It’s not just because of…

03/15/2025

A petition to urge the Canadian government to lift the exorbitant tariffs on Chinese EVs to help make switching more affordable. US and European car makers are not moving fast enough...

Urge the Canadian Government to Lift Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles

06/09/2024

It seems in the US, some EVs are already significantly cheaper than their gas powered equivalents - if you are leasing them (because the lower maintenance costs are built in)

“Darwinian” competition and a slew of new models helped electric cars with at least 300 miles of range reach another milestone in price parity.

05/14/2024

100% US tariff on Chinese electric vehicles?! US automakers have some remarkable pull.. Hope Canada doesn't follow their lead...

Via The Economist: "On May 14th... , the White House decided to raise tariffs on, among other things, Chinese semiconductors and solar cells from 25% to 50%... and lithium-ion batteries from 7.5% to 25%. It hit electric vehicles with the biggest increase of all, *quadrupling the tariff rate on China-made electric vehicles (evs) from 25% to 100%*"

04/26/2024

Canadians deserve to be offered a "good enough" EV. Why pay more than 35K if you don't need a bigger car?

Will the Fiat 500e get the attention and support it deserves?

04/19/2024

Good to see General Motors bringing full vehicle to Home functionality into the mainstream by model year 2026. Handy for regions where electricity supply can be erratic. Hopefully it can also be adopted for vehicle to grid applications where the benefits are even greater. https://news.gm.com/newsroom.detail.html/Pages/news/us/en/2023/aug/0808-v2h.html

04/08/2024

This is discouraging. Of all of the things Elon Musk is trying to accomplish at the moment, arguably this was the most important. Hopefully, others will accelerate their plans to fill this gap...

04/08/2024

I predicted that the limited capacity of our EV charging network would be demonstrated last year on the May holiday but turns out it is today our network's capacity was finally... er... eclipsed... Fortunately my car is stuck well inside the totality zone (but annoyingly distant from the rest of my family!)