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Toronto · Est. 2026
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Our complete opens coverage — 14 articles and roughly 60 minutes of reading, ranked by relevance and freshness. Updated as news breaks.
infrastructure
4 min
IESO Nova Scotia will launch a request for qualifications in October open to battery storage and any on-demand generation, running in parallel with its contested Pictou County gas-plant procurement. The province NERC says is the only region in North America with elevated reliability risk.
policy
5 min
Global Affairs Canada data shows only 15,603 of 24,500 first-window Chinese-EV import permits were used by August 31. The 8,897 unused slots roll into a second window running through February 2027 with 33,397 total permits — while BYD, Chery and Geely still await certification.
vehicles
5 min
Polestar opened Canadian orders for the updated Polestar 4 coupe on September 9 at $67,700 including destination for the rear-motor version and $72,700 dual-motor. Busan, South Korea assembly keeps it outside Canada's Chinese-built EV quota — and Canada is the only North American market that will sell it.
industry
4 min
B.C.-based hybrid truck startup Edison Motors has opened a new factory in Donald, B.C., while co-founder Eric Little exits the executive team and board slate. The company builds diesel-electric vocational trucks and conversion kits.
technology
4 min
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating 30,000 vehicles equipped with comma.ai's openpilot system after five crashes where vehicles struck stopped traffic — two fatal, three deaths total, 11 injured.
technology
4 min
NHTSA audit query AQ26002 will examine how Tesla certified the steering-wheel-free Cybercab under U.S. safety standards, one day after paying riders launched in Austin. Here is what the filing actually says.
infrastructure
4 min
Tesla's new North Nanaimo Supercharger at 5800 Turner Road brings eight V4 posts at up to 325 kW — and pushes Vancouver Island to nine stations and 96 stalls. Here are the rates, the island network map, and what's still to come.
vehicles
4 min
Lucid has opened Canadian orders for its most affordable electric SUV trim. The Gravity Touring starts at $113,500 — $21,000 below the Grand Touring — with a 542 km NRCan range, 225 kW native NACS Supercharging and an 89 kWh battery. Canadian deliveries are expected early next year.
infrastructure
4 min
Vanderhoof and Terrace Superchargers go live on Highway 16, adding V4 stalls with 325 kW peak and $0.24/kWh Tesla pricing. The corridor build toward Prince Rupert continues.
infrastructure
4 min
Tesla’s new Supercharger in Prince Rupert adds four V4 stalls at Atlin Terminal and completes a three-day northern BC opening streak with Vanderhoof and Terrace.
infrastructure
4 min
BC Hydro adds two new fast-charging sites in B.C.'s Fraser Valley and on Vancouver Island — both with Tesla NACS connectors alongside CCS and CHAdeMO.
infrastructure
4 min
BC Hydro adds a four-stall, 180 kW fast-charging site at Kamloops Superstore — the utility's second location in the city — with CCS, CHAdeMO, and Tesla NACS connectors.
industry
4 min
Tesla's new 'Help Us Build Our Robotaxi Network' form gauges business interest in buying Cybercab fleets, supplying mobility hubs, or collaborating — the first sign the robotaxi network may not stay entirely in-house.
infrastructure
4 min
Tesla hits 3,000 Supercharger stalls in Canada with a new 24-stall site in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, featuring maple-leaf branding for the Thanksgiving weekend.
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