05 | Canada gets its China-made EVs

About this episode

The episode discusses the arrival of Chinese EVs in Canada and the implications for local auto manufacturers.

The Polycrisis team’s having a short break, so we’re sharing a couple of episodes from other podcasts that are very relevant to our themes. Chinese EVs are just beginning to arrive in Canada this week; but – as we wrote back in January – the more significant element was Carney’s government making a promise to Canada’s own auto manufacturers: that they could attract new investment and tech from Chinese car companies. And that would lessen their deep reliance upon the US car industry and ...

People in this episode

Host: The Polycrisis team

Topics covered

• Chinese EVs
• Canada
• auto manufacturers
• investment
• technology
• US car industry

Keywords

• Canada
• China
• EVs
• auto manufacturers
• investment
• US car industry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Carney’s government, US car industry

Products: EVs

Places: Canada, China

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