The Canadian federal government collects billions of dollars in a special carbon tax that has applied primarily to fuels used by consumers, although there is also a large emitter carbon tax as well. The idea is to raise the cost of something we don’t want, in this case carbon, and Read more…
Do you like One Peddle Driving? Most new EV drivers don’t. One Peddle Driving takes some getting used to but once you understand that it is maximizing the return of electricity back into the battery through “regenerative braking”, they give it a shot. That recaptured power can make a real Read more…
Former Tesla board member, Steve Westly explains EV sales number for 2022 so far. You can multiply the sales of EV’s but 2.25 to guess the full year end EV production and EV sales numbers because production is ramping up. This short video covers sales numbers for Lucid, Rivian, General Read more…
Here is Elon in August 2022 saying he is “half Canadian”: In this short video Elon Musk mentions he is half Canadian Elon Reeve Musk Born June 28, 1971 Pretoria in Transvaal, South Africa to a South African Father and Canadian Mother. Musk arrived in Canada in June 1989 and Read more…
Are you confused by the electric vehicle charging standards? In this video we demonstrate: 110v 15amp standard home outlet charging, 220v 40amp charging and 220v 50amp charging on our 2021 on our Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus. Typical Usage Home Outlet Dryer Car Charger Connector Name NEMA 5-15 NEMA Read more…
Because the price of gasoline and diesel have spiked to historic highs, fraudsters and criminals are seizing the opportunity to take your money. They are capitalizing on your fear and greed to make claims like this: BREAKING: “Big Oil” Wants To Make This Fuel Saving Device Illegal …You can order Read more…
VinFast is a new electric vehicle company that is coming to North America and Europe but most people have never heard of them. We have a deposit on a new VinFast VF8 and before we ordered that SUV, we did a pile of research you might be interested in. What Read more…
It seems quite clear that in the next 25 years or so most modern societies like the United States, Canada, Britain, Germany, France, and others will be approaching net zero carbon emissions. If you like it or hate that, it doesn’t make any difference that is the direction we are Read more…
This is the story of how Western automakers are inviting the Chinese to take their US & Canadian market share. Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last two years you already know that the price of everything has gone through the roof. Cars have been no exception. The Read more…
These two short videos are segments of a Bloomberg interview at the end of January 2022 in which Fords CEO Jim Farley discusses Fords Electric Vehicle products for 2022 2023 2024 2025 and 2026. Fords CEO explains how Ford is still working with Rivian and plans to keep working together Read more…
A few days ago a biofuel refinery that will produce nearly 1 billion liters of biodiesel every year was announced as an expansion to the existing Co-Op refinery in Regina, Saskatchewan. Generation 1 Biofuels are Bad For The Environment By the year 2020 we thought biofuels had been largely dispensed Read more…
One of the most repeated arguments against electric vehicles is that the electric power grid can not handle tens of millions of electric vehicles. This is simply false, but not for the reasons you may suspect: 1 – Slow Drip, Not a Surge Probably the biggest mistake pundits infer is Read more…
In this video we show our 2021 Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus driving in extreme cold winter conditions and you will be shocked to see the amount of battery drain: This is Canadian winter driving of a Tesla Model 3. It is driving in very cold weather and the Read more…
How does al Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus with the factory All Season Tires handle during a Calgary blizzard? In this video we drive through the snow on icy roads speeding up, slowing down, cornering and even trying to do some donuts.