Let’s talk about Canadian needs: this is an evaluation of All-Wheel Drive (AWD) electric vehicles. If you’re a Canadian spending north of $40,000 on a new vehicle, AWD isn’t a luxury, it’s a requirement for most of us. We aren’t talking about bottom-budget commuters here; we’re looking at the real-world Read more
Engineered For Today AND the Future For those of you following my recent deep dives, you know I’m a specs & spreadsheets kind of guy. I’ve spent 35 years in the IT trenches, and if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that the shiny exterior of a product, whether Read more
Do The Math! If you’re anything like me, you don’t just buy a car based on the shiny photos in a brochure. You dig into the specs, you crunch the numbers, and you look for the sweet spot where price / performance ratio is maximized. For years, I assumed that Read more
I just picked up an Argent Silver 2026 Cadillac Optiq Sport today… yes, today! If you check its door jamb, the sticker says Made in Mexico. But in the world of high-stakes EV trade, that sticker is a simplification. To avoid the massive tariffs currently hitting overseas EVs, GM has Read more
“Trump’s $1B Payoff To Stop Offshore Wind Power”, uuuhhh WRONG!!! I’ve spent a lot of time reading reports, debunking energy myths, and cutting through hyperbole. As the internet continues to be hyper-politicized and headlines become ever more sensational, it appears today topic will be no different. If you’ve been scrolling Read more
Solar Forever!?!? When I first started installing solar panels on my houses, I had a very specific vision of the future. It wasn’t just about saving a few bucks on the monthly utility bill; it was about permanence and resilience. I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and have I have Read more
Snow Proof It’s February in Calgary, and the city is currently a giant skating rink. We’re talking minus 20 Celsius (that’s -12F for my friends in the United States), and the roads are buried under a fresh layer of ‘you’ve got to be kidding me’. If you listen to conventional Read more
WTF is Happening in Brampton? The silence emanating from the Brampton Assembly Plant (BAP) is more than just a lack of industrial noise; it is a profound indictment of a strategy that has finally run out of gas. Since the last Chrysler 300 rolled off the line, the giant 5.3-million-square-foot Read more
Ontario Nuclear Is Close To Home Growing up at CFB Trenton, Ontario’s nuclear domes weren’t just power plants, they were Cold War targets. Some of my Bayside High (a great technical school) buddies helped build Darlington, while the rest of us lived with the what if, fearing our backyard would Read more
Cheap Canadian EV Hunting I’ve been crunching the numbers on the new federal Electric Vehicle Affordability Program (aka EVAP) that’s set to go live on February 16, and honestly, the market just got flipped on its head. The headline is simple: if it’s an import, you’ve got to stay under Read more
Time To Buy A Cheap EV in Canada? YES! It’s time for me to say goodbye to my beloved 2022 Mustang Mach-e EV. If you know my buying habits, you know I’m usually the guy scouring the listings for a ‘lightly loved’ 6 month to 1 year old EV’s (I Read more
Canada China EV Deal A few weeks ago we listed every genuinely new EV coming to Canada and US in 2026, knowing full well that there would be a few surprises. What we did not expect was that there are now at least 7 more almost certainly coming to North Read more
This is Part 4 of our 4 Part Series on SMR’s What’s The Problem? In the third part of our SMR series, I laid out how Ontario is effectively building the world’s first SMR “production line”. We looked at the heavy steel, the BWXT pressure vessels, how AtkinsRéalis (formerly SNC-Lavalin) Read more
This is Part 3 of our 4 Part Series on SMR’s Ontario’s Mid-Size Miracle Like Elon Musk’s Tesla with EV’s and John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil with… well, oil, those who take the risk get the reward. First mover advantage can be a powerful driver of future profits. The most Read more