05 | Canada gets its China-made EVs

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 market – which is doubling down on highly polluting  internal combustion engines, while most of the rest of the world moves rapidly towards electric vehicles.   

This episode is from our friends at The Wire China. It was recorded in April before Trump visited Beijing. 

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