DueSouth except the US has now loudly stated they don't want EVs but the rest of the world is still yelling "we do!" - and the rest of the world is going to have tariffs with them in no time due to their incoming ones - but Canada can have free trade with Europe and Asia - so those companies will want to build EVs for the rest of the world who still want them, and we have what it takes to build them here - steel, the raw materials for batteries, and the infrastructure for auto manufacturing already in place. They won't go to a place that doesn't want the product, doesn't have the materials to build it, and has a trade war with the rest of the world. This is our time to shine on the EV world stage - we have everything in place to build products the whole rest of the world still wants, and wants soon over the next decade, so let's get to work using our skills, materials, and newfound freedom from the neighbors to make what everyone else still wants - it'll take 5-10 years to get it all set up and going anyway.
The great thing about here is we have unfettered access to both the Atlantic and Pacific shipping routes, we have a national railroad and highway network connecting sea to sea, and we have the materials and skills to be EV and EV component manufacturing leaders - and we can get to the game early enough to get ahead of much of the rest of the world. The key is picking the right partners - should it be Geely? Honda? One of the Korean giants like Hyundai? Or maybe one of the Europeans like Stellantis or VW? There's 8 billion customers in the world and 7.6 billion of them can have free trade with us in the EV industry if that's what we decide to pursue - we could easily become the largest EV manufacturing center in the world outside China.
I guess the real question now is, how do we work closely with the Mexican auto industry to use their skills and facilities to both of our mutual benefits as well to help support this EV industry opportunity - since they are right where we are today, and what type products would we like to see come out of it - what would be your dream EV that would make you want to run out and buy one tomorrow? Cheaper than a gas car, 300,000km warranty , 1000km range, fast charge in 10 minutes, 600 HP, 0-100km/h in 3 seconds, AWD? Those are all possible to put in a car going to market in the next few years if we quit dawdling and get to work.
