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Opinion: Canada’s EV pivot from superproducer to superconsumer

Changes in the economics of EVs have doomed Canada's dreams of being a major producer. But never fear: China is here with cheap EVs aplenty

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The dream of automotive electrification is old. The first wave of interest in electrifying cars began in the United States at the turn of the century — not this one: the last one. Battery-electric car enthusiasts in New York were pushing the tech in 1901, the same year the Los Angeles Times reported that “The electric automobile will quickly and easily take precedence over all other.” As the website RealClearEnergy reminds us, in 1915 the Washington Post claimed “prices on electric cars will continue to drop until they are within reach of the average family.” Sound familiar? As transport policy scholar Robert Bryce observes, “Electric vehicles are the next Big Thing, and they always will be.”

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