B.C. startup Edison Motors' Chace Barber is being courted by American governors!

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This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir chats with Edison Motors' CEO Chace Barber about his innovative, clean-tech company and why doing business in British Columbia is so frustrating! Recorded: April 15, 2024

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@user-nr7jm1so5j Ай бұрын

BC ... the place that strangles fresh young talent.

@brustar5152 Ай бұрын

It isn't just B.C.!!!! I bet a province with less clout would treat him better whereas in the U.S. they, on average, would jump at his interest.

@sled9263 Ай бұрын

Yep. British Columbia is a socialist hellhole. Too much corruption in government. Too much red tape. Too much environmental oversight.

@alexg9727 Ай бұрын

@user-nc7cf4sp1r after a decade of liberals

@johnljubic9948 Ай бұрын

Time for a new government

@rslsmithing Ай бұрын

The NDP were never for good government or the people. Very corrupt government, they did this in 80'-90's and doing it again.

@55metalmonkey Ай бұрын

Welcome to Canada....... proudly exporting great ideas one government clusterf*ck at a time.

@amandafaulks2515 Ай бұрын

The fact that you can't get a rebate for retrofitting an already made truck but are forced to create a whole new truck tells me this whole thing is not about the environment. If a truck is already built you dont use as much fossil fuel or materials. which has to be better for the environment. I'm so glad these great guys at Edison motors came forward.

@user-nr7jm1so5j Ай бұрын

Triple frikken bingo. There is a serious tell.

@skyw4278 Ай бұрын

yeah...people forget we can "recycle" vehicles too. it's sometimes called restoration :P

@kadmow Ай бұрын

(Chase hasn't thought widely enough - the resto, with a new compliance plate IS a new build... bingo..)

@markchatman9583 Ай бұрын

It’s 100% about money and having a political angle.

@bene5431 Ай бұрын

Watch the new short, retrofits have the same benefits as new vehicles now

@gerardpawloski8317 Ай бұрын

So typical of Canadian government, talk lots about it but really do nothing. Then leave it for the Americans to grab up and run with it. Chase and his team have done a remarkable job and I'm proud of this canadian invention

@DirtyDog995 Ай бұрын

While the politicians line their and their friends pockets.

@waituntilthebeep Ай бұрын

Americans won't grab it up and run with it. They will steal it and shut it down. The governors that are "courting" him are liberal state governors and they ALL want fuel powered rigs abolished so they are not trying to expand his technology. Look at the gas powered vehicle removal legislation in those states... it is a trap.

@mikesmith-nj1ij Ай бұрын

If People who can actually make a difference Show up with empty pockets, It's almost miraculous if they get ahead. Young entrepreneur has an amazing product and process.... Government just gets in the Way despite claiming they are here to help

@HeWhoIsWhoHeIs Ай бұрын

Canada voted for the tards they have in office. Nobody to blame but themselves. Granted, we're not much better here in America right now, but we're changing a lot of things up in November :) T24

@user-uu1wc6yz5z Ай бұрын

Chace is the best Canadian rep there ever could be

@kyperioth4212 Ай бұрын

He is a good one to be sure.

@Tats2020 Ай бұрын

this is so bad , the NDP are doing nothing to help people create jobs

@-LightningRod- Ай бұрын

sorry friend but yer wrong, ...ever had a whole big Canadian Country pat you on the back? edison has capthured the Canadian Man,...the didnt Axe the Tax, ...They BUILT Something you can still see wyat that looks like in southern Ontario,..... oil dont give you special powers and its the 21stcentury Edison Motors are World LEADERS.

@TheJimmyidol Ай бұрын

They want us to be impoverished slaves.

@kadmow Ай бұрын

stop being partisan, it is the system... It thrives as it is, for no other "end" but simply existing...

@downhillupside Ай бұрын

What did they do wrong? Chace from Edison fucked up the grant application. There's no getting around that fact. He admits it himself in his videos. The government can't go around giving out millions of dollars on large grants unless you properly finish the application. This is how it is for literally every industry. They can't play favourites.

@feydrautha80 Ай бұрын

@@kadmow NDP are greedy , corrupt and illiterate. Stop defending them.

@sivad2076 Ай бұрын

Edison should leave Canada, our government will do nothing for innovation.

@tedcity5861 Ай бұрын

Alberta has a better business environment than this socialist hell.

@adamhodgson8851 Ай бұрын

I know what you mean, but I pray to god they don’t and the Canadian government starts to invest in our future.

@kaboom-zf2bl Ай бұрын

no they should stay ... and KEEP the tech here ... leaving would be just like losing all the aerospace tech jobs back in the 50's when Diefenbaker killed the arrow and destroyed our aerospace industry ... here it will stay focused ... in the states it will become profit over function ... and turn into junk ... like everything the american industry touches now ..

@mwhitelaw8569 Ай бұрын

Agreed Sad BC doesn't recognize the boys have heaps of opportunity down here. And I really don't think they'd be hobbled by our types of government. Been keeping an eye on all this and it's frustrating to watch.

@HANKTHEDANKEST Ай бұрын

I've been following Chace and the Edison team for a good while now, and they are truly the real deal. Just some good BC boys looking to make life easier for people who use trucks every day, that's all. The environmental benefits are a bonus, too, but at the end of the day it's about building a better mousetrap. More power, safer for the operator, better for the planet. There's no stopping these guys, despite the best efforts of shady BC politicians.

@matzrat5006 Ай бұрын

so what's your take on EV's ?

@downhillupside Ай бұрын

Chace messed up the grant application. He says so in his videos about the subject. Grant applications are NEVER given out to people who mess up the application process, regardless of how great their product is.

@mikeb9478 Ай бұрын

Man forget this country build the business wherever.

@user-uu1wc6yz5z Ай бұрын

Opportunity will come when one of the government's whether its provincial or federal finally wakes up and realizes there's other people chomping at the bit and they are about to miss out on all that revenue

@marcschouten3527 Ай бұрын

This young man makes it clear that if you are hard working, entrepreneurial and want to build a better, cleaner future that B.C. is not the place to live. I hope we see a return to sanity.

@DirtyDog995 Ай бұрын

@user-nc7cf4sp1r Kevin O'Leary agrees

@IRQ1Conflict Ай бұрын

It's the place for cronies, public sector unions and other welfare type bums.

@matzrat5006 Ай бұрын

@@DirtyDog995 O'Leary don't like laws and rules.

@DirtyDog995 Ай бұрын

@@matzrat5006 You mean regulations... which stifle growth in any situation

@matzrat5006 Ай бұрын

@@DirtyDog995 They are there for a reason DD. very good reasons.

@jonathangyory1956 Ай бұрын

came here to listen to Chase ,would like to comment on the interviewers professionalism, he asks and he fully listen and waits for a proper pose. subscribed!

@Stigmochelys Ай бұрын

What a great interview. Informative and straight to the point, I appreciate you allowing Chace to tell his story.

@user-yq8os2dn2h Ай бұрын

Wow amazing patriot and amazing business innovation.... How stupid and sad Canada is becoming with that WEF coalition government....😢😢😢😢😢

@carguy862004 2 күн бұрын

The WEF CLEARLY doesn't give a rip about consistency. it's all about control and power. ..well.. .at least they're consistent in that aspect.

@RP-fp5bh Ай бұрын

Go where you’re treated best.

@shaun900 Ай бұрын

This is why we can't have nice things. Unfortunately this is par for the course, Canadians develop amazing things all the time but we will never know because the Canadian government drives them off. The government has a long history of killing innovation and talent in this country. It's honestly getting sickening. I would gladly pay more for made in Canada products. Try to find any (aside from locally made maple syrup mmmm).

@cinemabunny Ай бұрын

Texas near Laredo would be my choice. The best corporate and no personal income tax with access to Monterrey MX booming manufacturing sector. Under NAFTA, you can source components on both sides of the border and export to Canada. If I were Edison, I would talk to Abbott and ask: "AZ came with an offer, what are the options for coming to TX?"

@niftytheviking Ай бұрын

Amazing interview! Thank you for highlighting how messed up things have become for innovators and entrepreneurs in BC and even Canada at large. It's become evident the government doesn't actually care about helping clean energy startups and businesses that make sense for us economically AND environmentally. They just care about the money (and kickbacks).

@sharpsbattle Ай бұрын

Eye opening about investors driving up the price of land. My wife and I run a small business in Calgary and can’t afford to buy a house.

@multiplemyelomaigm8542 Ай бұрын

My son in law works in a refinery outside of Edmonton, he bought a house no problem.

@BUILDYBUNCH Ай бұрын

Great interview. Come on BC give Edison motors a grant. Give them crown land if need be.

@DirtyDog995 Ай бұрын

They offered it to him but he would have to give 20% to the NDP's laundry machine LLP firm to get the grant. You may have missed just why he has become noticed.

@downhillupside Ай бұрын

They would have had their grant if they didn't mess up the application.

@downhillupside Ай бұрын

@@DirtyDog995 Incorrect. He messed up the first grant applications. The accounting firm that he was talking to suggested he apply for DIFFERENT grants that they DID NOT administer, and that they could therefore help him with. The level of misinformation being spread by internet morons is pretty frustrating.

@DirtyDog995 Ай бұрын

@@downhillupside Wrong the firm is a backroom part of the provincial government. Quit shilling for the NDP

@downhillupside Ай бұрын

@@DirtyDog995 The firm has no connection to the NDP. MNP is an independent country-wide accounting firm, with its headquarters in Calgary, Alberta. It does grant administration on behalf of the government, specifically so that the government isn't seen as picking favourites during grant applications. You're so completely uninformed, it's pathetic.

@tammyallsup6617 Ай бұрын

Such an impressive entrepreneur! Sad stat of affairs our country has become. And to think the BC NDP all voted against any investigation on the corruption of MNP. But I guess that tells you a lot.

@DigitalMediaCanada Ай бұрын

Chace ... saying out loud what every common sense BCer is thinking

@CX-ru1ql Ай бұрын

Wow I can't even believe that a news Outlet did this interview with this fine young man. I'm shocked stunned this this is a fabulous Canadian when I seen him it's the first hope I felt in a long time in this country

@newatthis50 Ай бұрын

I had the unique opportunity to visit Canada the last 3 summers my sister was alive. I'll just plain tell you we need you here in the States but you are needed more where you are !! Your Town Council needs to get it's wires straight and get you a spot in your home town. I love the USA but I feel very good having you at my back. You're a good neighbor here or there

@bc30cal99 Ай бұрын

Hello from the south Okanagan. Thanks for the video shedding a light on both homegrown BC talent - kudos and homegrown BC bureaucratic red tape and nonsense - no kudos. Let us hope enough of us here in BC who vote are paying attention.

@jordandoes352 Ай бұрын

it would be such a shame if the BC gov snubs Edison Motors and lets them leave.

@adamhodgson8851 Ай бұрын

Maybe Edison is a mid-size business right now… but the funny thing about some mid-size businesses is they can become huge. The Canadian government needs to get their act together. Stop pushing businesses out of the country. Invest in the future.

@TB-zf7we Ай бұрын

His story is resonant reason Canada is in trouble. Our Prov & Fed gov feel like their kicking us in the nuts.

@peterlassey9844 Ай бұрын

Own nothing and be quiet. Liberal/NDP want governments to own everything just like China.

@Brian-kl1zu Ай бұрын

They are kicking people/businesses in the balls.

@jaaklucas1329 Ай бұрын

People like this create jobs and should be courted.

@2mnxffrddfghjbbvcdfh6644bcddcv Ай бұрын

The interviewer was very professional. This government needs to go

@MikeH-sg2ue Ай бұрын

BC needs forward thinkers, like Chase! I support his dream, & wish him, & his business well! Drive carefully, & smile often!

@DirtyDog995 Ай бұрын

B.C. ... breaking spirits one at a time.

@downhillupside Ай бұрын

The main issues he's dealing with are his own mistakes on the grant applications, and then problems buying commercial land. The second issue could be solved via a variety of speculator taxes, but people then complain about more taxes. You people need to make up your minds.

@the_undead Ай бұрын

@@downhillupsidewhat mistakes did he make? And if you want to call pointing out a corrupt Grant system a mistake then you are part of the problem.

@tyroneshulace3203 Ай бұрын

I think it was Arizona that was offering complete immigration for the Truckers of the Freedom Convoy...

@user-lm5fq3bb6e Ай бұрын

Why didn't they go then?

@jacobuszwanenburg1629 Ай бұрын

Wow nice job guys now this battle is over , enjoy Arizona man 🥴🤠

@davidjaeger1791 Ай бұрын

Your ideas are revolutionary, keep up the good work !!!! I need a hat !!!!

@TheMo8ius Ай бұрын

I love how Chace touches on how fucked up the land speculation is for small businesses and everyday people, we need Land Value Taxes and to stop rewarding land speculation in this country.

@fredbecker607 Ай бұрын

So, you want more taxes on people. Farmers, business owners, retired people? Just what we all need, more taxes.

@petermelnikov682 Ай бұрын

@@fredbecker607 as Chase said that land sits vacant for decades, investors just hoarding it. It should be expensive to buy land for speculation only and do not make any use of it (like building homes, farming, or for industrial/commercial use).

@ryuuguu01 Ай бұрын

So you want a tax on investors buying land and then flipping for a capital gain. This is exactly what the Federal budget that was just announced increased. They increased the tax on capital gains over $250K.

@dougsmith5690 Ай бұрын

The blame lies with the cities. Most don’t have enough land zoned for industrial development.

@cameronbuttigieg9060 Ай бұрын

Perhaps mandate high-value land be used within a certain amount of time after purchase. You bought that farmland, now you're gonna farm on it or we'll tax TF outta ya.

@kloppanator Ай бұрын

The government should be behind retrofitting existing trucks to electric more than buying new. Or do they need to relearn "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle"? The carbon foot print of a truck thats already built vs new alone makes it make sense.

@raecross8872 Ай бұрын

Yup...our Canadian government is gonna wet the bed on this one too.....money talks. He is in da drivers seat and in charge

@cinemabunny Ай бұрын

US Governors see the federal subsidies that Edison can bring.

@vlogospheer Ай бұрын

ALL THIS WHILE WHILE WE CLAIM TO BE THE ENVIRONMENTAL POSTER COUNTRY OF THE WORLD

@daveg-Vancouver_Island Ай бұрын

Plz don’t leave us, we support you!

@canadianboyee Ай бұрын

We do, but the ndp don't

@ThatMattWhite Ай бұрын

The people do, those who "represent" the people don't (unless they get their kickbacks).

@trentfield6542 Ай бұрын

Go, run, Get out or here while you can. Sad, but true.

@earlkitsch1155 Ай бұрын

Great innovation Chace hybrid electric no charging station required 👍

@stokerdave4168 Ай бұрын

This once proud country is reduced to a pile of shit by all levels of gov't.

@waituntilthebeep Ай бұрын

Replace country with continent. The US is effed as well.

@bmorg7244 Ай бұрын

@@waituntilthebeep Replace continent with World. The whole damn planet is effed. Greed and corruption, petty squabbling over borders that do nothing but hurt the people that live there, people forced to live off of garbage while their "leaders" live like kings. It's disgustiong.

@2mnxffrddfghjbbvcdfh6644bcddcv Ай бұрын

This isn't about the environment is it?

@urbanturbine Ай бұрын

Never. In the States, the emissions limits are so low that they cannot build a small pickup truck without hybrid component anymore. But if you just make the truck bigger, all of a sudden you don't need to do anything. Ford Ranger is now the size of the old F150. So, the gas guzzling trucks and SUVs get bigger and bigger perfectly meeting the EPA requirements saving the environment one mpg at a time. Gross.

@MekongRick Ай бұрын

Go USA, man. Pi$$ on Canada. And I am a Canadian. Go with the revenue/profit flow. Our country is in awful shape and go somewhere where you are appreciated. Unfortunately, we will have to wait more than another year to get a decent government in power.

@ventutrer Ай бұрын

It will take a minimum of 10 to15 years to fix what trudeau has done!

@canadianboyee Ай бұрын

Born and bred from BC, it is the best place on earth and I'm holding on as tight as I can, but if this government doesn't change this October I'm gonna be looking elsewhere. It has reached peak insanity, so please lower mainland do the right thing come elections

@DirtyDog995 Ай бұрын

Van Isle is a big problem..... bunch of NDP nutjobs

@elliottdiedrich3068 Ай бұрын

Elections are not decided by the voters, they are decided by those who count the votes.

@dave_yeg8596 Ай бұрын

chace, if you pull this off, you've struck gold.

@harryash11 Ай бұрын

So damn proud of our Canadian Edison motors!!!!!! Keep going Chase @edisonmotors We feel you represent the real people of this country!

@nathangoddard8115 Ай бұрын

He certainly should move his company to the States. Lots of capital and a friendlier business environment.

@jamcanbc Ай бұрын

I live in Canada and started a very successful business. The amount of red tape and municipal BS to build comerical spaces is staggering. A lot of truth in what he says about starting, running and growing a business in Canada. The big wigs in the industry will kill him with their economies of scale. He should move to Arizona. Sad to say.

@brentstuder6613 Ай бұрын

can not believe I was not subed to your channel

@rfb91a Ай бұрын

I could only wish you had an IPO (and I knew about it)!

@user-lx4om5lq6y Ай бұрын

If not come to Alberta

@jreamer0 Ай бұрын

Alberta is still crazy expensive compared to the states. But it is better than BC.

@user-lx4om5lq6y Ай бұрын

Yes but we are one of the only provinces that have the finances to do it and I'm sure taxes on business are a little bit better out here plus I bet there some kind of provincial funding for green company like his

@lostdiver098 Ай бұрын

Run to the states! Don't look back.

@katyafaucher4468 Ай бұрын

Stay Canadian. Not the same, but I would invest. Great work. Great integrity 💖

@RRhys-rw2ki Ай бұрын

yeah Right, if he was from club Habitant he would have billions thrown at him.

@strawandstone Ай бұрын

This same statis is occuring with my cherished start up Aptera in California..... we shall overcome....keep the faith.

@ErVan_AG Ай бұрын

You guys should setup headquarters in Texas,

@cowboy.cattlac5010 Ай бұрын

Let share this article as much as we can!

@saveourplanet4204 Ай бұрын

Can this guy run Canada??? Right now please!!!!

@bighitstepside Ай бұрын

Pierre poilievre needs to talk to chase.

@northernouthouse Ай бұрын

Good on him

@fredgilbert9448 Ай бұрын

Finally… something like diesel / electric mining haul trucks…but better. Really good job.

@ikeremo Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this interview

@jimvautour595 Ай бұрын

Amazing, that is the clear difference between Canadian & US business support. And he's right, it is gross. And it's one story after another of great business' faced with leaving Canada for greener pastures. Canada has a pathetic & disgusting business environment.

@howardkettner Ай бұрын

We,’re pullin’ for you Chace.

@dposcuro Ай бұрын

I know a Red Green reference when I see it! And I heartily agree. Keep yer stick on the ice.

@howardkettner Ай бұрын

@@dposcuro Red Green: now he'd have some things to say about MNP and the effective use of duct tape. haha

@KenDavies-qv3fs Ай бұрын

The best of luck!

@kerrigrandmaison7844 Ай бұрын

Come to Alberta

@applepicker9591 Ай бұрын

Sad that the recognition for his achievement and support will come from our neighbors down south.

@AxleHildebrand Ай бұрын

Best wishes to this talented man! Hope we don't loose him to the USA. Nice seeing you in Grindrod BC. My farm is the backdrop at 5:20. 😀

@crankshaft007 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the story, great info on how broken canada is.

@handyman1001 Ай бұрын

If he wanted to build something to distribute toxic drugs, he would have no problem getting assistance from the Eby bunch of misfits.

@j.6756 Ай бұрын

Back in '85... Waterloo Ont.... had an industrial park open up on Frobisher... 35k per acre... you had 3 years to build on it... or you had to give it back... I went residential instead... because that was a hotter market... but the city did it right... industrial buildings got built... big... and small...

@elliottdiedrich3068 Ай бұрын

Back in '63, my parents bought a 1/4 section (160 acres) in central Alberta from the Crown at a public auction and paid $11.75/acre. Since Canada still has unbelievable amounts of Crown land that is not being utilized, why doesn't the public have access to it? If anyone is interested in a piece of vacant Crown land, it should be put up for public auction. When more land is made available, there will be be far fewer speculators driving the prices out of reach.

@animereverie4380 Ай бұрын

My province is so f ed up.

@flyovercounty1427 Ай бұрын

Don’t let BC bullshit blow up your company.

@jasonrumsey5299 Ай бұрын

Stay Canadian bro ! Money is hopefullycoming now !

@aac9539 Ай бұрын

Talk about Canadian productivity dropping and this is a good example why. Canadian team Canadian design and zero Canadian Govt. Support. 🤔🤔

@bmorg7244 Ай бұрын

"It's disgusting" That is the most accurate assessment of the Canadian government I have heard!

@kerriwilliams1503 Ай бұрын

David Eby is a fool!

@TheJimmyidol Ай бұрын

Communist fool.

@UTUBESUXS2024 Ай бұрын

Yup. The NDP has to go. The do nothing party.

@grindtoothmedia120 Ай бұрын

This is why I have little faith in the overall carbon reduction movement. The private sector can create excellent solutions, but usually ends up regulated out of the market, or undermined by subsidies granted to preferred companies and methods of a select list of operators. Most of us would embrace the automotive evolution to cleaner engines if it didn't involve highly expensive purchases, and always online sensor filled vehicles relaying our data to unknown entities. Let me retrofit my 1999 Corolla for a reasonable price and subsidy, and perhaps the future wouldn't seem so bleak. An EV is not a reasonable expense for many struggling Canadians. Adding more debt to a nation overwhelmed by rising costs and inflation is foolish.

@leebannister3759 Ай бұрын

I would love for Edison to make trucks so that one day I could own a truck made from commonly found parts. I would a "f150" or "Ram 1500"-style truck from them. CANADA BUILT!!

@Alabar3000 Ай бұрын

I imagine expanding is inevitable and any expansion won't be very economical in Canada

@Dubsizzla Ай бұрын

Good job woke environmentalists of BC force a brilliant entrepreneur and inventor out of Canada.

@ryuuguu01 Ай бұрын

Edison Motors is an EV company they are pro-environment. In the video he complained about companies that were just flipping land and inflating prices, these companies are not environmentalists they are good old capitalists.

@frankinstine9743 Ай бұрын

Amazing human eh!

@colleenpenner940 Ай бұрын

I smell arrivescam.

@1990SButter Ай бұрын

i used too build locomotives, glad too see someone use the same idea and calling bs too gov scaams

@mattzembower2042 Ай бұрын

Come on down, your business is welcome in the USA, clean new deal can help you build your business, I hope !

@strawandstone Ай бұрын

I would use the tri state area centred on Spokane but having idaho and montana as a back door with Canada as a deep ally

@toxicslix Ай бұрын

The Premier of BC should instantly call this guy up and try and match the deal the American's are offering!!

@cindyhaduik7171 Ай бұрын

This only shows, all the legislation and taxation is not about helping the environment

@gravelrhoads 19 күн бұрын

How about this? Plow through all the madness by staying in Canada and when it comes time to open another manufacturing facility when Edison Motors takes off, open it here in Abilene, TX. We're centrally located and very nice to manufacturing. I love your get the job done yourself attitude and been a fan of yours since the beginning of the year. Also, I'm just a regular citizen with a regular job without any ties to the government here.

@paulristow3454 Ай бұрын

He just needs to hold on for ~2 more years until a new government can get elected; one more business-friendly and less WEF socialist. I hope Edison Motors scales-down their operations for passenger vehicles someday SOON. Many of us would love to retrofit their cars.

@malakisands8180 Ай бұрын

In a previous video of his about a month ago Edison motors is developing retrofit kits for Superduty trucks F350, Chevy or Dodge 3500. Ford F150, Chevy 1500 and Dodge 1500

@danmorris7235 Ай бұрын

I hope you stay here in BC too , it can hopefully get better.

@mobilemarshall Ай бұрын

thanks for covering this

@jdcustom4655 Ай бұрын

Glad for Edison Motors! Please keep in mind what happened to "TUCKER" in the US.

@raymondhume4245 Ай бұрын

Hope the BC Gov gets behind you bud! Keep fighting the good fight!

@Old1Biking Ай бұрын

The NDP provincial government has always been for taxing small business and making their lives as miserable as possible. Now for pro union firms they get handed a large share of any government funded work and small or private firms are shut out. Small business employees around 43% of workers in the province and are treated like a tax funding base for all of the NDP’s ridiculous policies that drag the economy down further yet. BC stands for Bring Cash after all.