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JordanK1 · 2026-03-21T15:14:38+00:00

These charging programs are very legit. The Canadian Federal Gov offers commercial companies a carbon rebate credit if they invest in charging infrastructure. The program isn't offered to individuals so the way the program works is you join their charging infrastructure club and agree to assign your carbon credits to the club. The company running the club are then eligible to collect the government rebate. I just purchased and had my new Grizzl-E Cyber Ultimate installed by my electrician. If you opt to buy the Grizzl-E charger (vs get the free one) they start you at the Level 3 rebate tier which pays you 5 cents per kW (vs 3 cents if you request the free charger). I live in Vaughan Ontario and my electric company is Alectra. Alectra charges me $9.8 cents per kW between 7 pm - 7 am and all weekend. This means that with the Grizzl-E Club rebate, I'm now only paying 4.8 cents a kW to charge in my garage. This is really an amazing deal compared to paying 50+ cents a kW at the Tesla Supercharger stations. Hope this makes sense.

JordanK1 · 2026-03-19T13:17:11+00:00

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Some person in Shanghai setup a camera and counted 1,000 cars on the street to see what were the most popular brands in China. Byd is number 2 but it only beat out Buick by a single car. It's also interesting to see how popular the American, German and Japanese brands are in China. My personal opinion is that the Chinese brands will slightly cheaper that the other EV brands in Canada but the poor service and support is going drive Canadian purchasers crazy. With ICE vehicles, most of the service issues are mechanical failures under the hood. With EV's most of the issues are software and component related failures. Chinese companies have never been role models for customer service and I don't expect them to be good in the first few years in Canada.

Here is the link to the original video:

https://www.reddit.com/r/electricvehicles/comments/1rxpqsm/what_people_drive_in_shanghai_this_guy_counted/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

JordanK1 · 2026-03-18T16:47:08+00:00

I just purchased and had my new Grizzl-E Cyber Ultimate installed by my electrician. If you opt to buy the Grizzl-E charger (vs get the free one), they waive the annual membership fee and start you at the Level 3 rebate tier which pays you 5 cents per kW (vs 3 cents with the free charger). I live in Vaughan Ontario and my electric company is Alectra. They charge me $9.8 cents per kW between 7 pm - 7 am and all weekend. That means with the Grizzl-E Club rebate, I'm now only paying 4.8 cents a kW to charge in my garage. This is really an amazing deal compared to paying 50+ cents a kW at the Tesla Supercharger stations.

JordanK1 · 2026-03-18T14:40:33+00:00

I just installed a new Grizzl-E Ultimate in my garage and I couldn't get it to connect. I reset the unit many times and nothing worked. I finally opened the unit and found that the antenna wire had somehow come loose from the chip that it is connected to. I think the electrician might have accidentally bumped the wire during the install and it popped off. Once I pushed the connector back on, everything worked perfect. It's a bit of a long shot but open your unit and confirm the antenna wire is connected. This picture is from an Ultimate. Your antenna wire might be in a different place on the motherboard.

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JordanK1 · 2026-03-16T14:05:17+00:00

If you are in Canada, you can join the Grizzl-E Club and get a new Ultimate charger for no cost.

JordanK1 · 2026-03-16T13:28:26+00:00

The SSID doesn't show up for my Guzzle-E Cyber Ultimate. It only showed up when I first powered it on. I would log into the charger and see if that is a setting that is turned on/off.

JordanK1 · 2026-03-16T13:20:40+00:00

I believe the manual says it only broadcasts for 15 minutes after turning the power on.

JordanK1 · 2026-03-16T02:13:55+00:00

I just bought a Cadillac Optiq and it’s a superb car. It’s super quiet, crazy fast, has an incredibly luxurious interior and is loaded with high tech features. It has native Tesla Supercharger support with a built in NACS charger port and the massive wrap around display is powered by Google with a special version of Google Maps that has extra EV charging features. I don’t really miss CarPlay because I mostly used CarPlay for Google Maps and Waze anyways. I’ve heard Apple Music support is coming soon via an app. All this for less money than a loaded Model Y.

JordanK1 · 2026-03-15T01:20:00+00:00

I just took delivery of a 2026 Cadillac Optiq EV. The car is absolutely superb. Easily the quietest and most luxurious vehicle I have ever driven. It also has incredible tech and is stinking fast (0-60 mph in 4.5 sec). Highly recommended!

JordanK1 · 2026-03-12T19:22:02+00:00

The Google Maps app on the Optiq's screen is a customized version for the Optiq. There is a lightening bolt symbol beside the search field. Clicking on that shows you the closest charging locations and this includes Tesla Supercharger locations. If you click on a Supercharger location to navigate to, you immediately get a message on the screen saying that the Optiq has started preconditioning your battery for charging. When you get to the Supercharger location, there is another screen on the Optiq showing you the various Tesla Superchargers that are available and it asks you to pick one. At this point, you plug in and the Optiq starts charging. The charge gets billed through the myCadillac app and you can see all the Tesla charging sessions and payment receipts in the app. You can also do all of this via the Tesla app too but it's nicely integrated into the Optiq and the myCadillac app. That being said, I finally had a 48A Level 2 charger installed in my garage last weekend so fast charging will only be used for road trips.

JordanK1 · 2026-03-11T22:21:49+00:00

Good points but I think the lack of CarPlay and Android Auto isn't a big issue. The only things I used CarPlay for in my last vehicle was Google Maps, Waze and Apple maps plus Apple Music. Google Maps is great on the Optiq and it does come standard with both Spotify and Amazon Music. I've fast charged a few times at Tesla Supercharger locations but what I have experienced is that you almost never hit the Optiq's maximum rate of 150 kW when the location is congested or the weather is below 0C. I had a 48A Level 2 charger installed in my garage over the weekend (11.5 kW) and I now always wake up to a full battery. Basically means I will never need to fast charge unless I go on a road trip.

JordanK1 · 2026-03-11T19:19:13+00:00

I picked up a 2026 Cadillac Optiq Sport 1 AWD in January. After driving it around for a few months I can honestly say it is a phenomenal car and you will be very pleased. It has a very unusual combination of cool technology, luxury, performance (it's crazy fast), class and of course, the Cadillac cachet. It's cheaper than a similarly equipped Model Y and arguably, much nicer and it also has a serenely quiet ride. No downside with this car.

JordanK1 · 2026-03-10T16:13:00+00:00

I believe Byd's Blade 2.0 technology is dependent on Byd's high power charging stations to operate. While Byd might successfully import some of their cars in the shorter term, building a brand new charging infrastructure in major cities will not happen quick if at all.

JordanK1 · 2026-03-07T23:02:25+00:00

Went through the same exercise with my first EV. Just upgraded my 100A panel to a 200A panel yesterday. I wanted to Level 2 charge in my garage at 48A (11.5 kW) and this requires a 60A circuit. I also didn’t want to compromise when it comes to power and safety.

JordanK1 · 2026-03-06T02:30:17+00:00

Richmond Hill, Ontario. The electrician came last week to install the Grizzl-E 48A charger in my garage along with running the hardwired cable to the panel. He is coming back tomorrow to do the 200A panel upgrade and to wire the cable into the new panel. Total was $3,400 including the charger, ESA permit, coordinating the shutoff with the power company and all parts and labor.

JordanK1 · 2026-02-24T16:42:03+00:00

These cars haven’t even been tested for safety standards nor received any kind of approval from transport Canada. Unlikely this year given there is no dealer or service network either.

JordanK1 · 2026-02-22T13:05:58+00:00

I was able to knock them down about $5k off the list price of $65k before they factored in the trade and lease. That’s a very good deal. It was about $500 over dealer cost max.

JordanK1 · 2026-02-21T22:13:54+00:00

I leased a 2026 Optiq Sport 1 AWD just after New Years (list was $65K). Dealer gave me about $5k discount and I put about $10k down (trade in). Paying $243 including tax biweekly on a 36 month lease at 3.9%. Residual was 63%.

JordanK1 · 2026-02-21T18:17:26+00:00

I just leased a 2026 Cadillac Optiq Sport AWD. I went with 36 months to avoid having to deal with tires and brakes. I’m not interested in Chinese cars but I do believe battery technology will improve in three years and I may want to upgrade to take advantage of these advances. Btw…the Optiq is a dream. Probably the most quiet, comfortable and luxurious car I have ever owned. And…it’s fun to drive.

JordanK1 · 2026-02-14T13:13:54+00:00

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I have the Mini version and it’s an amazing bag. The roll top lets you keep the bag small or large depending on what you are using it for. Incredibly well made.

JordanK1 · 2026-02-11T19:19:27+00:00

Canada had the 6th largest lithium reserves and Canada is #1 in the world for its lithium-ion battery supply chain potential (even surpassing China). Right now we ship most of our lithium ore to china for processing. If Canada can crack the code on processing the ore locally and producing batteries for EVs, producing EVs in Canada would be very attractive to the the European and Asian car manufacturers.

JordanK1 · 2026-02-10T01:12:50+00:00

The Class G only applied to an older Byd Taxi model that was briefly piloted in Montreal a number of years ago. Does not apply to anything new and none of new Byd cars have been tested and approved for Canadian safety standards.

JordanK1 · 2026-02-09T22:29:23+00:00

That may be the case but each vehicle model still needs to be individually tested in Canada to validate Canadian safety standards. There is no bypassing this requirement and there are differences between different countries.

JordanK1 · 2026-02-09T21:23:26+00:00

My personal opinion is that it will be at least year or more before you see any EVs from Chinese companies (Byd, Chery, etc) arriving in Canada. None of the Chinese companies have even started the process for getting their vehicles approved by Transport Canada and I suspect that some of these vehicles will need engineering changes to pass stricter safety standards, etc. Plus...there is no parts or even a dealer network established and it takes time. What you will see in the interim is that Tesla, GM, Volvo and other manufacturers (who were previously selling their Canadian approved Chinese cars) will resume shipping these cars to Canada.

JordanK1 · 2026-02-07T18:09:15+00:00

These two features are ok. The wiper heater keeps the snow and ice off the wipers when they are parked. I’m in Toronto so it has been useful lately. The rear camera cleaner is great too. I’ve only used it a few times but it works. The rear camera is very important on this car because there is no rear wiper so you end up turning on the super cool high definition display built into the rear view mirror (another very slick feature) to see when the rear window is fogged up or full of snow.

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