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I'd say it's a sign of retirement. Lol. I am not spending 30 mins in a store anywhere..... He collects stats on many countries. The rest of his stats showing the transition curves are amazing. Broader stats are interesting too:

Correct. It was in the CA Modernization Implementation Order.

I thought theatre activation was a JOSG task.

You can find anything to justify a position on the internet. What's the actual per capita stats though and if this is a trend, surely causes have been identified? I personally think hybrids are pointless today. I love the Carlos Ghosn quote who said, "Hybrids are like Mermaids. When you want...

The electrification part isn't the cost driver. When HFR was planned, I believe electrification was like $5-6B. And it almost always pays back inside 10-15 years because of fuel and maintenance savings when you're running an hourly train in each direction. It's the exact same math at why GO...

Lol. Our GOFOs are getting this kind of marketing garbage weekly now. It's gotten to the point that our DG at work rotates LCOLs and Maj through to fill the room so that the guests don't feel bad. This isn't anything substantive. A lot of it is buzzword bullshit from Bay St/Wall St types...

Not sure what it's like at your store but the Loblaws near me has a handful of practically useless low power chargers. Those are box ticking exercises or maybe if some employee wants to park for the whole work day. Hopefully, yours are better. Walmart putting in 400 kW is a game changer...

By the way, Walmart has started an EV charging price war in the US. They charge less than most competitors. They barely started building 18 months ago. Already have a hundred locations done. Another 116 under construction and 235 going through permitting right now. Walmart seems to...

Yes. Don't think I've ever seen free fast chargers anywhere. Between the charging stalls and site prep, those charging stations can cost several hundred thousand to build, especially when they have multiple stalls. Obviously, the costs have to be recovered. At the end of the day though, if...

One of the things that really intrigued me from travel to Europe recently was charging at grocery stores. Everybody needs to eat. And everybody spends 20-30 mins inside a grocery store. Given a sufficiently high powered charger, you could sufficiently fill up for a week of driving during your...

This is something that honestly surprises me about why there aren't more EVs given how many 2+ car households we have in Canada where one vehicle is just used for commuting. If all you do is commute, a base Tesla 3 will be cheaper on lifecycle costs than a Civic, given that a base model Tesla...

Thermal management systems aren't really about the motors. It's about temp range bounding the battery pack. Battery heats up during charging. They needs to heat up in the cold to reduce internal resistance. They also need to cool down when charging to keep charge rate high. The thermal...

Early EVs didn't have thermal management systems. New ones do. That improves range and reduce wear and tear on the battery. The miracle of heat pumps..... Which brands? Chinese manufacturing is always choose your own adventure. You can the quality of an iPhone or generic brand android...

You're right. But also we know this administration is that petty.

Jobs and speed of delivery will be the criteria. I don't think the French would qualify. Honestly, it'll probably be the Gripen.

I listen to the Herle Burly podcast on occasion and I have never once heard him be anything but enthusiastic about increasing the defence budget and investing in the CAF. Nor do I recall Paul Martin being particularly opposed to increasing defence spending. That was mostly a Chretien thing...

Well put. That generation of staff officers wrote a SOR that could have been written on a napkin. "We want 5th gen." No real effort to define and explain what 5th gen is, and why we needed it. And then no real effort from the GOFOs to explain to Parliament and the public. They could have...

If you get to opine on things you know nothing about and think they should listen, then you owe them the same courtesy. That's how democracy works. I pointed this out on a thread about a fast choo-choo and was told I am being uncivil. Normalize equality of opinions and this is what you get.

I saw this in one of the decks. What's the distinguishing feature between heavy and medium? And I'd be curious to know why they didn't pattern them the same.

It was part of a whole litany of demands that effectively would have us tie ourselves further to the US. They also insisted we cancel the Globaleye buy. It's notable that the rumours are it's the US that brought it up. Not Canada. This is good negotiating. The threat of a Gripen buy is...