One of the worst parts that wasn’t even mentioned was that you need AN APP FOR LIKE EVERY DIFFERENT CHARGER!! Imagine needing that to pump gas?!?? An esso, petro, shell, husky app or you CANT FILL UP!!

The government needs to mandate billing per kwh. Billing by time is completely unacceptable.

god I can already picture people fighting over charging stations

Say what you will about Teslas (build quality, price, customer service, etc) but they have the most reliable charging network right now, especially if you plan on doing road trips. That was definitely a major factor in why I bought a MY over something like the Leaf or Mach E, etc.

Winter highway battery range test as a standard, legal requirement for auto manufacturers ✅

Wow. And this Environment Minister is making decisions for us all? He is a laughing stock. “Duh, that’s the first time I’ve heard about this”, says Steven Guilbeault. 🤣😂😅 Throw him out!

The tesla used in the video, is a standerd range RWD model. Those who travel regularly should consider upgrading to the long rage version which gets over 500 kilometres. Another problem regarding the test done here, is that no one would ever drive a car to empty or near empty, not even with a gas car. The route Marketplace took had tens of chargers on the way. If they would have stopped at 2 they could have saved time and would have no range anxiety.

How about interviewing people who represent the vast majority of people who love their evs and have excellent ev ownership experiences. I loved my ford evs, Kia Ev and Tesla ev my wife and I have owned.

It always feels like these ministers have no clue about the edicts they issue.

I think the Minister needs to drive an EV in Western Canada during a cold snap when the temperature is below -30 C. Let’s say a trip from BC to Calgary or Calgary to Edmonton.

There are comments to just "charge from home overnight". With what?...an extension chord from your apartment or house strung down the street to where you found parking? Not every home has a driveway or garage, not every apartment building has parking. A lot of work needs to be done before the date in question. Why not have the entire fleet of government cars EV. Let them try to work out the kinks and see the challenges then perhaps the issues everyday people would be figured out quicker.

I live in Illinois and have both a 2023 Model Y and a 2023 Bolt EUV. Only twice have I every had a line at a charger with the Tesla, once during Christmas. Usually I have no issues and there are almost never problems with the chargers having a problem - possibly one bad charger at all out of over a year of trips. This includes driving to Texas once and to Florida another time. The Bolt charges so slow and relies on the CCS network, I don't even bother with it on long trips. However, for around the town trips, or going to St Louis and back, I only need to charge at home. Add up all your visits to the gas station within a 100 miles of your home and nix them from your life. Also, charging at home is so cheap that gas would have to be %1.50/gallon to compete with either the Model Y or the Bolt.

charging issues in an "emerging market" is like sitting at a gas station with "no gas"

I don’t understand why we don’t put more focus on plug in hybrids for the next 10-15 years until the vehicle and charging technology/infrastructure improves. If you could cut fuel use 50-75% with PHEVs that would be a huge improvement vs having an unrealistic plan that is highly likely to fail.

People need to stop and think of the realestate required if all vehicles are electric. A fast charge is still 45 minutes for the equivalent 5 minute fill up of gas. 9 times the amount of charging bays compared to gas filling bays, and that is the fastest charging tech.

Did anyone else notice that there was no mention of how easy and dependable it was to use a Tesla charger. That trip was a farce. Anyone that owns an electric vehicle Knows your range would be cut and make sure they used a charger in between their origin and destination. Personally I drove from St Catharines Ontario to Alamagordo New Mexico and back with no issues along the way except for slowing down to reach my next charger a couple times. On the way back if I thought that would happen I would just program in a closer charger which was very simple. I will agree that public charging stations are charging way too much and no inconsistency in pricing . I know I payed over 5 times what I would pay at home for charging during off peak hours and around 4 time the cost of home charging during on peak hours.

$15/hour charging. How long do they expect people to hang around waiting to charge?

Big problem is nonstop headache finding fuel - if u can fill up at home all good. Government is pushing for more ev’s but first thing they need is enough charging stations.

my person experience... I own a Tesla and a gas truck. have only had the Telsa since May 2023. Took it to Montreal in November (temperature ranged from 7 to 3 degrees from Toronto to Montreal). Range told me while leaving I would need to charge once. Needed to charge 3 (almost 4) times, turned off the heat, stopped charging my phone and made it to Montreal with about 20%. On the way home, I got stuck between charges and had to charge at a non-Tesla charger and that is a horror story in its self. Don't get me wrong, car is well worth it - not visiting gas stations ever, no oil changes or regular maintenance, car is serviced when needed in my driveway (had a seatbelt fault that needed to be adjusted). while using for regular daily or short trips is 100% worth it. Will I take it on a longer trip in the summer - yes, will I take it on a longer trip in the winter - no.

I went to Buffalo from Toronto 2 months back and we got lucky to see that every Level 3 DC charger along the way actually worked!

There is some good information here. Availability and pricing is a very important issue. Using a CHAdeMO charge vehicle, is not a realistic comparison to the majority of BEV vehicles. As there is less availability for those chargers. For winter driving? Could you have mentioned the difference you car having a heat pump would make? Did you research battery per-conditioning? There are practices to learn in using any new vehicle. Your discussion with the minister was interesting, I am not sure how informed he was on the minutia of the matter. Your points on standardized charge prices and a possible practical range listing are important. I plan on purchasing a BEV, but I see that innovation = less freedom when it comes to tech. It is time to regulate the manufacturers to protect the consumer. This carries over to ICE and BEVs. Please do an episode on automotive subscription services and their expense. It makes me wonder if I really own the car I "buy".

The route they planned to Ottawa has 5 fast chargers along the way. There was no reason to do what they did - just plop in the destination and the car will figure out what stops you need to make. You never drive a gas car to empty like this, but you really shouldn’t fully discharge a battery like this for no reason.

I’ve owned a Tesla model 3 for the last 4 1/2 years and never had a problem with charging on road trips and at home. Spending like 60 bucks a month in charging on average.

3:55 those "pumps" sure look a lot like diesel generators

What a hell of explanation from the minister... seems that he is not totally aware about the reality... 2035? Hahahahhaha

Lol I drive to Toronto and Ottawa bi- monthly in my Model Y - this clip is a joke. I agree the environment minister is a joke and an EV mandate is crazy.

My EV will tell you, when you punch in the destination, how much battery % will be remaining when you reach it. If it's further than the range of the battery, it will look for places to charge. So you don't actually have to do that math. Again, some manufacturers are *very* optimistic with their stated range. They do this for marketing purposes, but it's not very ethical IMO. That brand is the famous mentioned in this CBC piece.

The amount of power needed to charge out paces many cities in power requirements. This is so dumb.

Have ever noticed that the MP'S demanding we use EV'S are never seen using or owning but many videos of them in a gas powered or airplane ?

The savings you get from charging ends up spending up for food or drink while waiting.

The video mentions in passing that almost all charging happens at home, but then spends almost the entire video talking about public charging. It also suggests that charging at home is cheap, but takes *hours*. People are generally home for hours, though, making the emphasis in the video inappropriate. It then shares an anecdote about one family on vacation, and about one car awaiting a battery replacement, but doesn't substantiate that these anecdotes are broadly representative of the typical EV buyer's experience. The video suggests that after 2035 people will be required to buy battery electric vehicles, which is false (in addition to millions of second-hand ICE vehicles, new plug-in hybrids that also have engines and gas tanks will also still be available at that time). These elements of the video are more sensational than journalistic, unfortunately. Agreed that not everyone can charge at home. If I owned an apartment and wanted a new car after 2035, I'd likely prefer a plug-in hybrid. If I had a driveway, I'd likely prefer a full battery-electric vehicle. The sky likely won't fall in 2035 (if that date even holds), and this video doesn't do much to identify what it's actually going to be like in 11 years IMO.

The Canadian public would like to see choices in the type of vehicle we drive we would like to see car that have always worked the way they are supposed to work. Fill it up and drive it until it's low on fuel and repeat. EVs don't provide this especially in the cold Canadian winters.

Those electric charging "pumps" sure are a problem. The script for this piece sounds like the writer did 20 seconds of research and the reporter didn't bother to check that in advance.

Same problem in Arizona, batteries overheating decreasing range plus you're running the a/c rather than heater.

19:50 Pretty annoying that the environment minister doesn't know/understand the proper unit of energy. Yes it's a common error people make, but it's still a very significant and problematic error, something that a high level official should know about.

I think my main issue with this is the testing was mostly for large metropolitan cities and travel between them. Take BC for instance, if you go North of Kamloops, yes there are "some" charging stations the more North you go, but they're 25-100kw charging (hours to charge to 80%) and can be maybe 2-3 stations at a time to share with. Hardly the 350kw fast charging network (15mins~) we need to make a travel network possible and tesla stations seem to stop showing up the more north you go as well. Honestly for those who need to travel or need to make visits going north than the major cities, you're likely still better off with a gas or a hybrid car/suv/truck. The foundation and maintenance is barely in place functionally for the major population centers, and when you're spending $50-100k+ for electric vehicles, not being able to go where you want, especially without the 15min DC 350kw fast charging, I see electric as nothing more than a rich person's spare vehicle for city commuting, not something I want for "road trips" or god forbid from what reviews have shown between Ford, Tesla and Rivian that their trucks are terrible at towing/hauling distance (less than a 1/4 of advertised distance).

Just love how you said a problem that a Tesla charger I’ve had my Tesla for three years now and have never seen this problem. Seen a couple down chargers had to wait a few minutes one time but for the most part 99.9% of the time I’ve just plugged in charged and gone.

Not just public charging infrastructure. But also mandate or incentivize charging setup inside parking garages for condominiums and townhouses.

It took approx 80 yrs for ICE cars to be developed to the point of good reliability and safety that was affordable to the general public.Govt`s are trying to introduce millions of Ev`s in 5 or so yrs that should be the same standard,or better.It`s not going to happen.The public are not going to buy,or lease a car that could burn your house down with your family inside,even if the chances of that happening are extremely low.EV`s are still in the experimental stage, and the public don`t want to be part of the experiment.

I own the cheapest Tesla since 2019, and have driven MTLTO, MTLOTT, multiple times and all along the st-lawrence in Quebec, and done summer trips to the east coast. In five years, I have never gotten stuck, but it took a while to understand. You can't just rent a car for a day or you'll do goofy stuff like what is in the report. One problem in this report, which I guess a lot of people might think at first, is that "Range" is some kind of useful real-world information. It's how long the car will go at 50 miles/hour... (aka 80 km/h) on flat terrain with no wind in the summer. That is what the test says. and that's if it's pure highway, not combined (which for EV's, makes it even less accurate.) If you want to know how far your car will go on a trip you're going to make, you need to look at: headwind/tailwind?, is it snowing or raining? how hard, do you need heating or AC? how cold is the battery to start with? are you doing charging stops? etc... Nobody does that. Nobody needs to, they just enter the destination in the screen, and that car takes those things into account, and also based on your recent driving, and will give a pretty good guess at your range on that trip, and suggest where to charge if you need to. Oh, and it will guide you around traffic jams also. The Range numbers are for doing apples to apples between different makes when shopping and is completely useless as a number for driving. if you're running at 120 km/h then you would take a 30% hit to fuel economy (electric or gas.) vs. what the rating says. Nobody's cheating... it's just physics. Air resistance means it's takes that much more energy to move the car. Your "range" went from 400km to 300km just like that. Use the car's screen, and you won't be surprised.

I even have anxiety when my phone battery is low, I cannot handle this stress

GM is presenting a bill in US congress where not only no one but GM Service Centers will be allowed to work on your vehicles, they also want to shut down sales of aftermarket parts, so if you own GM vehicle, you will only be able to buy parts from GM dealership, the bill is expected to be lobbied heavily, therefore it may pass.

I wonder if there was a similar situation finding gas stations back when we transitioned from horses to internal combustion, I would imagine so. It will take time for sure but we’ll get there eventually, it will however based on this report take some time. Very good informative well presented video.

As an EV repair specialist here in Ontario, its all the same. automakers will not release info to the mechanics. How I get service information, is I know a guy, that knows a guy that works at this dealership that can get me information, but i owe him a big favor. Same thing with High voltage parts from porsche, mercedes etc. Even how to fully power down a mercedes EQ series ev is not publically available. To get "High voltage" parts for Mercedes, Porsche, Tesla, BMW, etc. takes I know a guy that knows a guy to get parts. When shops ask me how tf i got this part, my only reply, is its a long story, but I got the part, and lets finish this car so it can be on its way. Not to mention, because of all this stuff that is a PITA, repairs for evs charge an arm and a leg. I have had shops that i work with say, just because its an EV, we will charge u double, because a specialist has to come in.

Where is all the extra electricity going to come from?

Your first problem is buying a Nisan leaf. 😂

This Marketplace on EVs other than Tesla. In my time driving my MY, I have never had any issue with charging infrastructure. I would never go back to an ICE. Range is not an issues in the winter.

Marketplace thank you for asking the tough questions to ministers that never use the technology that they are pushing to average Canadians.

What I find weird is that Tesla navi plans the stops along the way to your destination, no matter if you arrive with no battery or plenty to go; also, it even tells you how long to charge at each stop. Why didn't Charlsie get any charging stops for 400km? Because the option was disabled on the car. That's the only reason I can think of.

You chose the lowest range Tesla for this test , and never touched on how easy Tesla supercharger network is.

There are many Tesla Supercharger options between Pickering and Ottawa. The car would have automatically re-routed you to the next Supercharger. Notice how much of the supposed problems with EVs are with legacy OEMs. And since you cut it out of the video, I'm guessing the reporter made it to Ottawa with no issues. Great hit piece CBC.

the moment Steven Guilbeault said "your sample is a very small one" says it all about the government.

Can’t wait till someone has a emergency and is like hold on I need 2 hours to charge my car

couldn't imagine buying an ev and not having home charging...

Just recently drove back from Mrytle Beach. Took us 16 hours straight through 2 min gas stops. Last stop for gas was in Pittsburg PA. and was able to drive to Peterborough Ontario which is 656kms and over 6 hours of driving plus a 35 min border crossing on 1 tank of gas with still a quater tank of gas left when we got home. Want to see an EV do that.

I know I'm simplifying history a little, but remember that the emergence of gas vehicles met the same challenges. Fuel availability, parts availability, logistics, even roads good enough to drive on what a horse could traverse. The arguments back then was..."why risk losing fuel and breaking down when I have my trusty animal? It doesn't have the same problems." But then lo and behold as the automotive and oil sector wanted to grow they cried for support and funding and got it. Innovation and improvement requires buy-in and money. Electric is at the same crossroads. This all being said we learned some of these lessons once before. You'd think we would remember, except this time we have "big oil" and "big car" holding us back as well. I'm not sure "big horse" was as big of an influece lol. The leap from animal power to mechanical power was MASSIVE. electric just doesn't have the same obvious pizzaz. The benefits are more nuanced and long-term, which is harder for humans to grapple with in general. Governments have oil industries to support, but now electric and 'greener' power begging for a share of funding as well. There is no easy solution or transition, but we CAN do better.

Honestly having purchased a Polestar 2 LRSM in 2023, I agree with her. Owning and EV and not having a level two charger at home makes EV ownership extremely difficult and time consuming.

Experience most of this with Tesla and other EV cars when my Tesla is in the shop and rented an EV or Gas car. But Tesla has less issues and much faster services but I always full charge everyday at home before I go anywhere unless I go on a road trip

Mr. Minister, please take these very valid points and make them reality! Cold-weather range mandatory, charged by kWh, more accessible and reliable charging infrastructure (set your yearly incremental targets based on accessibility and reliability of gas filling infrastructure).

Why is there no information about tesla prices and how many stations there was problems with? If 4 stalls where out on a 20 stall tesla station and they were repairing when you got there. I would say that is pretty good.

I think the range test for the Tesla needs to be put in context. Tesla wants you to use their navigation system to go where you are going. As part of navigation you are going to be routed to superchargers. In general, with the kind of batteries most commonly still used, it is recommended that you not usually charge over 80% or deplete your charge below 20%, so you'll be routed to a charger before you run out. The question becomes how reasonable is your overall speed of travel- and how extensive is the charging infrastructure. Superchargers and Teslas tend to have more powerful charging (faster) rates than other manufacturers. Hyundai can charge faster, if only you could find a charger with power to enable that, which mostly you can't - at this time. There are a lot of northern and outlying areas without reasonable charging infrastructure yet, and that's an issue. The problems you experienced at the Tesla charger were BIZARRE! I have NEVER seen anything remotely like that. I've owned my Tesla Model Y for a year and have travelled with it in 4 provinces. . I have NEVER had to wait to plug in for charging at a Supercharger and never found charging unavailable except for a level 2 charger Circuit Electrique charger at a parks canada park. I have used Flo and Electric Circuit chargers (mostly to extend my geographical range) as well as Tesla and found them reliable. I have avoided Petro Canada because I use an app that has shown me their chargers seem to have a lot of out of service issues. I have never Tesla Supercharged for more than half an hour, usually significantly less. My wife really appreciates the bathroom breaks and calls for us to have little charging stops more than we need for the car. I agree with your point about Kwh charging. And I'm pretty disappointed that you didn't do a price comparison with Tesla because in my experience their kwh charging rates are by far the most expensive. With respect to the ability to do long distance travel, I have planned a coast to coast trip using Tesla Superchargers on the TCH and found their spacing pretty comfortably meets range requirements, even in winter. The attraction of long distance winter driving is going to increase as people come to realize the unacceptable risks of smoke and fire with long distance summer travel. And with an EV you are doing less to contribute to such problems. Finally, when I got my car new - it was at the end of January and I had to drive it more than 400 km home at about -5 C. I was pretty clueless but the drive home was trouble free - and the navigation system took me to required charging which was fast and convenient.

A lot of campgrounds have electric outlets for RVs, which can be used for level 2 charging as well.

I have an EV and live in a colder climate. I do have to adjust my driving during the winter but made a 90 mile round trip with no issues and the temp outside was 5F. While I agree with points brought up, I noticed the person that was happy with his EV and said no issues got maybe 5 sec of time. I am the first to say EVs are not for everyone and have their limitations but I wish when these reports are made they included more advantages and show people who love their EV

I live in Los Angeles. They power off our electricity in the summer occasionally when there is too much draw on the system. My friend works for edison company and says they don't have enough employees to maintain the current grid, let alone build new infrastructure. I have a friend whos electric vehicle that has been in the shop for 8 months because it keeps glitching.

Ev or not we need proper right to repair bill

Also, another point I would like to make about electric vehicles. To achieve the best possible charging experience if the electric vehicle and I’ll use Tesla as an example knows that you’re heading to a charging location so you would pick a charging location on the map. The computer will precondition the batteryand optimize the travel so that not only you can reach the supercharger but also the battery will be warm enough in the winter time to accept the fastest possible charge. It’s not a perfect technology, but compared to other OEMs. Tesla has the best battery management system in the industry.

I had a 2012 Nissan LEAF, and now have a 2022 LEAF. For fast charging, I've mostly used Electrify America with a credit card. I encountered one bad credit card reader on the south side of Indianapolis; EA was able to take my card over the phone and start the charger remotely. One time at Chargepoint in Washington PA the Chademo plug would not release, and I had to cycle the power at the disconnect switch to get the connector unplugged. Other than that, I've had good luck taking the 2022 LEAF on road trips, so far.

According to statistics, 95% of consumer's daily driving is 31 miles. Standard chargers can put in 10kilowatts overnight (8 hoursx120Vx15amps). Even the most inefficient EV's can do 300 watts per mile. So on average, you can add 40 miles of range per night. Tesla's can do 200Watts per mile, so that's 50 miles a night. If you leave your car plugged in over the weekend, you can top off your battery and then do incremental charges during the weekdays. When you go on vacation, you can rent a gas-powered vehicle if you are worried about range. Otherwise, range-anxiety shouldn't be an issue if you only go on vacation once or twice a year. New batteries coming into the market later this year perform as well if not better in cold weather. That's no longer an issue. Also, LFP battery chemistries coming into the marking by CATL and others increase the speed of charge and total range. EV's are at their infancy, give them another 10 or so years to mature and it will dwarf Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) technology. These are just growing pains while the technology matures. As it is, it's already cutting down our overall oil consumption even though only 7% of vehicles on the road worldwide are EV's. There's no turning back.

Own a ID.4 with a heat pump, drove to Ottawa from Toronto (this past December) on one 45 minute charge @ electrify Canada station - free charge since they have a deal with VW(4 years free charging). Cost me nothing for that drive

Just some facts. In Canada average distance traveled by vehicle 25-50km a day. Average fuel efficiency of an EV 5km/kWh. Out of vehicles with 250-300+ km range ie 10% of possible range. Which means a daily energy average consumption of 5-10 kWh. A level 2 charger is 220V at 30 amps. Or around 6-7 kW per hour. So a days average use is replenished in 1-2 hours. The average modern home has a 100-200 amp service, typically already having 240v systems for dryers and/or electric stoves. It also uses around 1000 kWh a month on average. The increase in power consumption from an EV is just 150-300 kWh a month. In Ontario, looking at IESO power data numbers, Jan 28, the difference between peak demand and low demand is around 4000 MW or 4 million KW. Around 4 million kWh of slack production for hours. So without any change in infrastructure from today, Ontario itself could easily recharge millions of cars in the low demand periods of the day. While this is a range test under the worst of conditions, those conditions will not be normal driving conditions faced by people everyday. BTW, Ontario is already creating a tiered electric pricing to take advantage of overnight EV charging ie. the new ultra-low overnight (ULO) rates between 11pm - 7am.

Everyone, including the CBC, are missing the BIG picture here. The charging stations are one thing, that’s an easy fix. The problem Ontarian’s will be faced with, is a rapidly growing population, electrifying industry and with out aging nuclear reactors, demand will simply outpace generation capacity.

They got Guilbeault lookin like a man who sleeps under his desk. Lol. Not a job I'd wish on anyone right now. The whole 2035 mandate thing seems so undercooked. They should have just started with some smaller changes before announcing something so ambitious.

ans lets NOT talk about the power grid

Why is Justin’s suvs not going ev’s???

Canadians will remember Minister Steven Guilbeault for decades to come.

As a non-Canadian, seeing "Petro"-Canada Charging Stations broke my brain.

you think its bad in ontario. Try using an EV in the western provinces. I know a farmer who has to park his EV Ford truck (largest battery option) in the winter because it doesn't have enough range to get to town and back. We have a couple lv 2 chargers in our small city and that's it. How am I suppose to own an EV here? If I got to go see my back specialist a one day trip to regina has turned into a 2 or 3 day trip assuming I can find the chargers I need tobmake it into the city in the summer nevermind the winter. Also it can easily get to -40C in the winter here. Whats that doing to my range and how do I keep it charged at my condo where all I have is a 120v outside plugin at my parking space that's meant for block heaters? Has the government even bothered to think how EVs will work outside Toronto or Ottawa? They set this arbitrary date and it feels like they put no planning or research into it. Alo whats the point of giving rebates on cars the average Canadian cant afford even if they qualify for it? They should be spending money on getting charging infrastructure and power plants built to run them instead of giving rich Canadians rebates they dont really need. If the infrastructure is not more reliable and available then a gas station how is this going to work with shorter ranges and huge charging times? I sure as hell am not spending 1 to 3 hours outside charging imy car in the middle of -30c weather or spending 5-8 hours charging so I can drive to Edmonton. This might work in warm heavily populated areas like California but the gov is dreaming if the average Canadian is going to put up with this. Despite the environment. When are they going to learn that you cant have a one size fit all solution for all of Canada? The geography and weather is just too harsh in allot of areas. Hell EVs will trap allot of northern indians and inuits in their communities as EVs will never have the range to leave them,. Anbd whos going to setup lv 3 chargers in the middle of nowhere so they can somehow? everything will have to be flown in and out. What will that do to their carbon footprint?

- Tesla warns you to stay below 100km/hr to make it to the destination - CBC ignores the warning - CBC somehow surprised they couldn't make it to the destination

Been driving an EV for 5 years, never going back to ICE. Every morning full battery, starts every time in the cold, at ultra low rates $5.00 per 1000km, no oil changes, no exhaust system, brakes last for ever, gas stations are for a pee and a snack.

It's easier if we just call it off and forget the whole idea.

Imagine an evacuation scenario that requires mass evacuation of a large metro area when there is little notice and it requires 45 minutes of charging just for 1 vehicle if you can get to a limited charging station, whereas with gas every 3 or 4 minutes a vehicle can fill up.

I live up in Kirkland lake area and saw a guy recently who had to get his Tesla towed back to his home in North Bay because of no infrastructure. 1 charger in town and it never works. Extreme cold kills these things.

I own a tesla model y. Never had a problem, the supercharger network is awesome.

The main cost for charging should be by KWH but I think a surcharge for time does make sense, say $2 for the first half hour, $4 for the second half hour, if you are charging for over an hour add $10. Because charging takes a while and this encourages people to get in, charge and get out, allowing others to charge.

Hopefully the charging machine is not some diesal generator.

Way too expensive for me

Gas pumps are heavily regulated and inspected annually to ensure reliability and fairness. I don't see why electric chargers should be any different.

what was the outside temperature during testing? it didn't look that cold.

In my experience, the main concern with my electric vehicle wasn't its range, given that I primarily used it for city driving. Rather, my primary issue centered on battery longevity. For instance, my Smart ED's battery failed after just 5 years and approximately 60,000 kilometers. The replacement cost for its small 16 kWh battery pack amounted to $15,000. Consequently, I had no choice but to discard an otherwise impeccable vehicle.

It's funny how the feds don't drive EVs but want the whole country driving them.😂

Shouldn’t these companies be paying us for our time to wait at the charging stations? Every hour we wait! After hall our time is money right? What am I supposed to do for the wait as the car charges?

Guilbeault, on transparency, of course not, we will not inform the consumer on cold weather distances and so on, charging station rates,….. we want people to buy electric car no matter what, people will absorb the hiccups and wrinkles 😢

Your example, driving the Tesla between Pickering and Ottawa seems a little contrived. In the video you didn't make it to your destination because you ran out of charge, however between Pickering and Ottawa are a dozen different Tesla Superchargers, if you made a 10 minute stop at any one of them, as your car no doubt would have recommended, then you would have easily reached your destination. It's a bit of a dis-service to your viewers to imply the Tesla couldn't make the drive from Pickering to Ottawa. I've driven all over North America (Cabot Trail, Vancouver BC, Utah, Key West...) with our Tesla Model 3 and the supercharging network has never let us down.

The one major issue in this video is that it doesn't show them using any of teslas supercharging stations which would avoid these problems. The tesla hate is real, even when they make things a lot easier...

You get about 420kms per charge? Crazy. Not to mention having to charge it at a location and find out they don’t work or having to wait for one to be available. Imagine if you’re in an emergency and you don’t have enough charge in the battery to get to where you have to go. I would go hybrid, but would not ever switch to either. Imagine the repairs on them. This would set you way back and if your on a tight budget your screwed. Stick to gas.

Yeah, I’d love to see Miss Technician try to rebuild the stater or diagnose the motor. Give me a break. As for the reporter….seeking out third party charging stations when superchargers are available is idiotic.

standardized batteries. Size ,mounting so one battery will fit a number of vehicles of different makes and models.

I expected a lot better from Marketplace. No, the feds don't want us all driving EVs. Firstly, gas/diesel-only vehicles are not being banned in 2035; you can drive yours as long as you want. Secondly, as of 2035, hydrogen, gas/electric hybrids, and full EVs may still be sold.

Mr, Steven Guilbeault got me at 20:34 in the video when he was asked about the cold weather range. Holy C!

Yup! Couldn't agree more. Per kW billing should be standardized. Also, not only does your range drop in winter, so does charging performance. What should be a 30min charging session could be closer to an hour. Hyundai has been in the news a lot lately about battery failure. GM had a fire hazard recall, and seem to have made good with its customers. Not all EV manufacturers fumble the customer experience aspect, so have some confidence. All that being said, the operative word going forward is transparency. -20 cold weather range, per kW h billing, highway range estimates (not mixed) and right to repair transparency.