When a futuristic-looking electric Ram pickup truck goes on sale next year, it will hardly be the first in line. By then, at least seven EV competitors are scheduled to be on sale.
Keith Gropp of Grande Prairie says he feels like his Ford Mustang Mach-E is restricted to city driving this winter due to a lack of fast-charging infrastructure along Highway 43, which connects Grande Prairie with Edmonton.
While the adoption of electric vehicles in Saskatchewan is slow and steady, some central and northern communities are starting to address the need for charging stations to make the regions friendly to tourists.
Some Canadian startups are aiming to give depleted EV batteries new life by recycling them and retrieving the valuable critical minerals within so they can be reused to make more batteries.