Bordering on Insanity? & Why Canada’s Chinese Car Dream Could Be Reality
Everything Electric Podcast
The Fully Charged Show
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Robert speaks with Glenn Garry, President of the Victoria Electric Vehicle Association in Canada. ️ They explore Canada's current position in the electric vehicle space. With a population of 42 million and over one million EVs already on the road, Canada is making steady progress, but not without its challenges.
As a country closely tied to developments in the United States, particularly around EV policy and technology, Canada faces a unique challenge: balancing its own ambitions while navigating the influence of its southern neighbour.
Glenn shares valuable insights into the state of EV adoption, infrastructure, and the role organisations like the Victoria Electric Vehicle Association play, not only in advocating for EVs, but in breaking down barriers, debunking myths, and addressing the real-world obstacles that stand in the way of a cleaner, electric future.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Everything Electric podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | So today's guest is Glenn Gary from the Victoria Electric Vehicle Association, Victoria EVA. |
| 0:18.0 | And he will point out very quickly that that is not Victoria in Australia, it's Victoria in Canada. |
| 0:25.6 | Really interesting dichotomy the Canadians are in at the moment. |
| 0:29.6 | And we're very aware of this because we do a live event in Canada. |
| 0:34.6 | You know, it is really difficult. |
| 0:36.6 | Canada is kind of very reliant on, or not necessarily |
| 0:42.6 | reliant on, but very connected to what goes on in the United States of America. And particularly |
| 0:51.0 | in this space, so in electric vehicles, it's really difficult. |
| 0:55.8 | And also the really difficult things that the orange person has said about Canada |
| 1:04.0 | and just, just ridiculous, like ultra-reactionary stupid stuff. |
| 1:09.4 | I mean, it doesn't even bear thinking about, but anyway, you know, we're slightly one removed. We've got a big, we've got the Atlantic Ocean between us and the insanity that's going on in the White House and America. Not Americans. 90% are Americans are fantastic, lovely people. They're not as mad as their current administration. who really are just barking, aren't they? |
| 1:28.3 | There's no point trying to pretend any otherwise. |
| 1:31.2 | But anyway, one of the reasons we're very aware of what happens in Canada is because of the |
| 1:35.3 | Everything Electric Show in Canada, which is taking place on the 5th, 6th and 7th of September. |
| 1:41.0 | So not that long. |
| 1:42.5 | So it's a very enjoyable podcast. Please do welcome to the Everything |
| 1:46.5 | Electric podcast. Glenn Gary from EVA, Victoria. Our three free YouTube channels on EVs and |
| 1:54.3 | clean tech are funded by our fun-packed test-drive-tastic events in Farnborough, London, the |
| 2:00.2 | south-west, the North, Melbourne and Sydney, |
| 2:03.1 | and next up, we're in Canada for Everything Electric Vancouver. |
| 2:06.2 | And new for UK viewers, you can now buy a battery EV and much more at everythingelectric.com. |
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