My class teacher in junior school told us about the greenhouse effect and carbon dioxide pollution when I was eleven years old - precisely fifty years ago, as it happens.
When I was a university student I remember seeing that al gore film an inconvenient truth. I remember talking about it at Christmas or thanksgiving and all my uncles laughing at me because it sounded so insane. Now western Canada burns down for 3 or 4 weeks every summer.
Then some might say it's a shame that American petrochemical industrialists didn't get their collective finger out and do something about it then. And are they doing enough about it now? It would seem not seeing as sea levels are on the rise, and certainly won't be stopped or even slowed down. The climate boffins predict sea levels will rise almost 200ft when all the planetary ice has melted. Plenty of maps online to show the effects on coastlines and low lying islands. Plus as the climate changes the weather patterns will change too. Some authorities predict that rainfall will be almost constant. This will affect food production and you can work out the rest for yourselves. We'll all have to develop a taste for fish fingers and seaweed. Don't say you weren't warned.
Same here, knew all this in the late 60’s/ early 70’s. Took me 50 years to be in a position to get solar panels and Powerwall though. So glad I did it mind, my leccy bill for June was Minus £1, that’s for powering a house, shed workshop and two EV’s. Zero petrol/diesel bill. No brainer!!
I luv your crazy tree hugging rants! Vancouverite here - disappointed in the tariff… We will be holding back innovation and promoting gas as a result.. 😢
I enjoyed meeting you at Fully Charged in Vancouver last year, Robert, and I’m delighted to let you know that this year I’m driving my Mustang Mach-E down from Whitehorse, Yukon for next week’s show, thanks in no small part to a whole BUNCH of new DCFCs from BC Hydro!
@@ChristianBehnke The vast majority ARE faster than 50kW. Almost all of the new chargers are 100-180kW. The REALLY remote new ones high on the Alaska Highway are 50kW, but that represents an order-of-magnitude improvement over what has been available up to now.
@@Thunderbuck That's good, because so many of their existing units are 50k, and I keep thinking as the SUPPLIER of electricity in the province, they should be doing better! 😆
Canada justifying 100% EV tariff by bashing China for using Coal to manufacture EVs - when our biggest export to China is 29 million tons of coal per year from the Roberts Bank Superport. Side note: some of the coal exported through the Roberts Bank is mined within the United States
As Robert said, the USA tried to limit Japanese cars sales with tax, but rich people don't mind that, they can afford to pay more. Soon, some rich people were driving Acuras and Lexus'. This caused them to become 'fancy' cars that everyone wanted. Maybe the import tax will have the same effect on Chinese EVs.
And they are getting better and cheaper every day. In 2011 Chery entered Oz market. They were rubbish and left 4 years later. But the speed of iteration in China is incomprehensible to westerners. They were good a couple of years ago (Atto3) now they are leading in tech and just starting to get a handle on driving fun/handling required for export success. Should have that sorted soon.
This started out as quite a jokey little series... but the stuff in here now is proper news... often on a global scale. Keep it up Robert, love the way it's presented too.... especially the rants. 😊
Please start advertising the Canadian Fully Charged show in Vancouver, much sooner. I am sorry that I missed it. Your videos are brilliant! Thank you for the research you do.
Greetings from stinking hot Brisbane , Robert! Every year it gets hotter here as you know, and seeing the weather change so quickly during your lifetime is a concern! So good to see some good news stories as usual coming from FUlly CHarged! As for virgin demand...I wouldn't demand one, but it would be interesting....... Carry on . Gregg.
Brilliant! Here in Washington State, we have charged a couple of times from Shell oil owned chargers and one of them was free! Love your videos! BTW we drive a Rivian R1s and a Chevy Bolt EVU.
@@rp9674 yup, heard that too! Actually Amazon put in two Volta Chargers that are owned by Shell USA, so far they are free while you are in the Amazon store.
My house has had solar and no gas for 2 years. We have an electric car and now my boss is getting rid of my dirty diesel van and getting me a id buzz cargo and I'm absolutely buzzing
Yes but how does that protect the domestic market? The fact that people choose EVs is proof enough you can't trust the average car buyer to get it right.
@@t1n4444wow seriously can’t trust buyer?!? So you propose the government tells them what model to buy and from whom right? In an ideal free market, the winner is one who can manage demand and supply at price point consumer will buy at.
Do you mean the democracy that the Chinese can't benefit from, while their government uses huge subsidies and planned economic warfare to undermine democratic countries and therefore democracy itself globally.
Now I know you’re not naive Robert, so I was quite surprised to see you so upbeat about Shell’s position on public chargers. As far as I can see they are buying up providers as quickly as they can so they can, as much as possible, corner the market and charge exorbitant prices for their electricity. No, I don’t see this as a good thing at all. And I’m speaking as someone without charging at home.
As a Canadian , the only Tesla car imported to Canada from china is the rear wheel LFP low range Y & 3 all the rest come from USA , so no price increase on them
Even with a 100% tariff, the BYD Seagull and quite a few other Chinese EVs would still be a lot cheaper than what the American automakers sell any EV for here. Vehicles are usually 25-35% more expensive here than in the US.
It's worth adding that there's already a battery recycling loop for lead acid batteries, the majority of global lead consumption is met from recycled batteries.
I live in Vancouver and Tesla dominates the roads here. Look forward to going to see the Everything Electric show. I look forward to hopefully meet Roberta and see the Homegrown Edison truck too
The hydrogen-tank as bomb-fuel doesn't sound right from a physics point of view: volumetric density of liquid h2 is 1/4th that of gasoline, and without an oxidizer, c4 wrapped around equal volume of gasoline would yield more bang. (Hydrogen economy is a scam, but not because of explosive risk)
Isn't the difference between explosion and ordinary combustion the rate of combustion? If the rate of combustion is higher for hydrogen and it is contained so the pressure builds then the explosive force could be higher. You can do a lot to manipulate explosive combustion as well.
It might not be a good idea for them to give us all detailed information about what they did and how they did it, if you think about it for a second. Still the best use for a hydrogen fuel cell car we'll ever hear of.
Why is it that petrol pumps always have big canopies protecting users from the British weather, but EV charge points are nearly always in an exposed position without any protection whatsoever?
If you look at how Russian money seeped into British life (Russians in the house of lords) and how Chinese money is doing the same - buying strategic companies. I think we do want to defend against that and if it means higher costs we should be prepared for it. Lets build up some other more friendly countries with our investments and technology.
USA pays $7,500 dollars off US EV's, so isn't this the same kind of thing. But the important difference is that they give this to EV's bought in the USA. Maybe this is a better way to help the car makers of each country? The circular use of the elements for battery EV's will certainly see benefits, but it is many years away. At that time we will see a massive change in how mining and oil use affects us and our planet.
Electric car show in Canada - not really a car show without the up and coming Chinese EV's. What is left, what with mainstream OEM's cutting back in favour of Hybrids.
I won’t be in Vancouver this year but will come to Farnborough Canada “we need cheaper EVs” also Canada here is money to big 3 to do nothing with while bending to other interests. The last 3 EVs ive tested have been 80k + Tesla has asked for a waiver for their cars.
Really, how much? You realise VW and BMW are against these tariffs, right? And that they are very happy with the current terms of trade with China and they consider these tariffs a threat to their export business because China is responsible for 30% of their sales, right?
@@rcpmac It's like you have no sense of irony. lol Do you know who will pay for the tariffs? Here's a clue, it's not the Chinese car makers. It's the person who buys the car. Tariffs are literally a tax on consumers.
Another great Almost Breaking News. However I am not sure the public charging situation is as rosy as you make out Robert. I recently had to queue at Cobham services for a charger despite a large increase since I last went there. I am now in France and yes there are lots of chargers but I still had to queue at a couple of places. As for the IONITY charger that would not take my RFID card and then the app went tilt, I am still annoyed a week on. Why oh why can't I use my credit/debit card?
Shell green- washing themselves by providing chargers. If they actually said they were actively de-escalating fossil fuels with an actual plan, I would feel happier about the chargers . Do their shareholders care ??
When I was a kid we lived near a coal mine in the south of England, in fact my Mum worked in one, ( canteen😃) our school often took us down into the depths of the earth, very hot and humid, water running along the tracks, and fossilized (carbon) tree trunks everywhere. Of course this cannot happen anymore because of all the health and safety rules, but seeing those steel beams bending under the sheer weight of planet Earth was a childhood memory that will be with me forever! and encouraged my interest in the sciences later in life.
Greetings from Vancouver Island Canada -- a body of water west of Vancouver "proper". I hope the show goes well! I'll be driving my Bolt euv Lt about the island at the time. If there's a 100% tariff now on Chinese cars, what about a 100% on every other Chinese product that comes into Canada?
@@gimmepowder - I wrote the sentence incorrectly, but there's been times it's rained so hard it could be :) Fun fact: Henderson lake -- in the Nahmint valley near Port Alberni -- is the rainiest place in North America, and the second rainiest place in North and South America.
High temp industries should use nuclear SMR's for heat rather than inefficient conversion of electric generation, into storage, finally into heat. Pulling directly from the grid seems like it wouldn't scale, would need temporary shutdowns or an alternate source anyway during peak usage hours.
I think it's very telling that when we can't afford a Mercedes EV, instead of welcoming us buying a BYD, the government would rather we kept 10 year old diesels. It's almost like capitalism fails unless things continue to get more and more expensive.🙄
In as much as I can understand the geo-political reasons for whacking huge tariffs onto Chinese made EVs, it’s a damn shame as it cheaper Chinese vehicles would definitely encourage competition between various vehicle manufacturers. I’m of the mindset that car manufacturers are acutely aware they’re screwing over the public with the amount they price EVs meaning we get poor value for money!
The concrete idea would work with the new steel production method using low temperature electrolysis to produce the iron, followed by electric arc furnaces to make new steel.
@@GruffSillyGoat The first low temperature electrolysis industrial scale plant is due to produce steel in 2027, it will be using temperatures below 200 deg. It's called Volteron and is a joint product between ArcelorMittal and John Cockerill. MOE uses higher temperatures (1600 deg c). I think there is also an American low temp electrolysis project which has achieved 60 deg c.
In as much as I can understand the geo-political reasons for whacking huge tariffs onto Chinese made EVs, it’s a damn shame as it cheaper Chinese vehicles would definitely encourage competition between various vehicle manufacturers. I’m of the mindset that car manufacturers are acutely aware they’re screwing over the public with the amount they price EVs.
Interesting that Shell is installing so many charge stations in the UK. My experience with Shell chargers here in the US is that they are the absolute worst. On a recent road trip I stopped at two Shell chargers, the screen was so reflective I could barely read it, there were three QR codes that took you to nothing or the wrong app, Two phone numbers to call if you're "having trouble" only one worked. The Shell chargers that used to be Volta are a bit better. Charge Point, Electrify America, Sheets, and Circle were awesome on my trip up and down the east coast.... I'll be avoiding Shell from now on.
So far, I've had my Tesla for just over a 16 months, and (apart from using the Super chargers in the first few months to make the most of my 100 miles of free charge before the credit ran out) I've used the public network once & and that was (funnily enough) to get back from Everything Electric North the other month (we only used the charger for 20mins to top up enough to get home).
People are fickle who ignore that Shell has contributed largely to puluting the earth. You cannot ignore political impact to our environment. Much like the TAX on Chinese products, just to sell their own brands. Limiting product choice to consumers reduces choice of better brands, better quality products to all consumers.
The Chinese vehicles shown in Chengdu are so amazing in quality, design, price, and performance, I suspect that those tariffs are only to try bring in Chinese factories. This is in Europe, because the US auto sector brands are becoming obsolete too fast.
Hi there. Welcome back to Canada! I won't be able to make it so I was wondering if there will be some reporting from Vancouver so we can all see what happening. Also, will any of the panel discussions be posted here on RU-vid? I was at Fully Charged San Diego in 2022 and the discussions were very interesting.
