GM Powers Homes, Takes #1 and Sends A Message To the PM!
Everything Electric Podcast
The Fully Charged Show
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Fresh off the news that Canada is winding back its zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) ambitions, Imogen caught up with Kristian Aquilina, President and Managing Director of General Motors Canada, to get his perspective on the future of the automotive industry in Canada.
The conversation covers how GM's EV lineup is performing in Canada, the challenges and opportunities ahead, and how the company is adapting to a rapidly changing automotive landscape. They also address common EV concerns, including range anxiety and charging infrastructure, and how these issues are being tackled.
They discuss the role of public policy, including federal and provincial EV incentives, infrastructure investment, and the importance of collaboration between industry and government to support a successful transition to zero-emission vehicles.
00:00 Kristian Aquilina
00:00 Career Journey
00:40 GM EV Portfolio Performance in Canada
06:15 Cadillac
08:10 Approach
09:55 Challenges
10:30 EV Transition
13:00 Hybrid Vehicles
15:45 Incentives & Mandates
17:30 EV Anxiety
19:45 Political Challenges
23:00 Supply Chains
24:50 Hyundai Partnership
28:50 Manufacturing
32:30 Goals
34:20 GM Energy (V2G)
37:45 National Charging Network
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| 0:00.0 | Our three free YouTube channels on EVs and Clean Tech are funded by our fun-packed test-drive-tastic events in Farnborough, London, the South West, the North, Melbourne and Sydney, and next up, everything electric, Farnborough, London, the south-west, the north, Melbourne and Sydney, and next up, |
| 0:22.2 | Everything Electric, Farnborough, and new for UK viewers. You can now buy a battery EV and much |
| 0:27.6 | more at Everythingelectric.com. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Everything Electric |
| 0:33.7 | podcast, where today we're actually recording this at Everything Electric Vancouver, |
| 0:39.1 | and I'm delighted to be joined on stage by Christian Aqualina. |
| 0:43.4 | Thank you, Imogen. |
| 0:44.5 | Have I said your name correctly? |
| 0:47.0 | That is close enough. |
| 0:48.0 | It's Christian Aquilina. |
| 0:49.2 | I think you were spot on. |
| 0:50.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:51.1 | And I'll tell you why I paused, because we recently recorded an episode on a electric, on a converted electric 1952 mahogany aquilina boat. |
| 1:02.4 | But that's an aquilina, not aquilina. |
| 1:04.7 | Anyway, I want to make sure I say the right thing. |
| 1:07.6 | Okay, so let's get into it because we only have half an hour and there is so much ground that we need to cover. |
| 1:13.9 | So, can you tell us who you are and what you do? |
| 1:18.4 | And if you could give your dinner party response, that would be great. |
| 1:22.1 | Well, I am known for rambling on at dinner parties, but here we go. |
| 1:25.9 | My name's Christian Aquiline. |
| 1:27.1 | I'm the president and |
| 1:28.0 | managing director of GM in Canada. I have the unbelievable privilege of representing you have 7,500 |
| 1:36.5 | employees across our country and also 450 dealers also in every corner of Canada. |
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