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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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 ..
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.
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.
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.
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!
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).
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.
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.
@@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 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.
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).
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.
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
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?"
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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 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).
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.
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.
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.
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
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!!
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Love what you are doing with the trucks. You often compare your trucks with locomotives. Is this appropriate since most diesel electric locomotives do not have regenerative braking ,nor will they move without starting the diesel?
