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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
The freelancer they hired to write that trash piece (who never even bothered to interview any major utility execs) might as well be. That article flies in the face of reality where the biggest proponents of EVs in Canada have been utilities. The second largest charging network in the country, behind Tesla, is the Electric Circuit, owned by Hydro Quebec. And they only operate in Quebec and Eastern Ontario unlike Tesla. That freelancer took a bunch of anecdotes that warmed up his confirmation bias and ran with it. No actual statistics. No discussions with the major utilities in the cities he cited (Toronto and Winnipeg). No discussions with the charging networks.
I don't blame him for cashing in on ignorance of the topic though. I will say, I have a lot less respect for Macleans after reading that.....
What does a poorly run utility from another country have to do with Canada?
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OK, so you're focused on just the Canadian EV market, a fraction of a fraction of the North American market. That makes your statement that
"There isn't a utility in the country that isn't planning on upgrading their infrastructure to get a piece of the market" a bit odd. Given that BC Hydro, MB Hydro, NL Hydro, NB Power and Hydro Quebec are all de facto monopolies in their provinces why would they be chomping at the bit to add infrastructure. People literally have no other choice. If they add it it will be because their political masters decree it.
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