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Many drivers already expect their next car to be electric. So why are some people so firmly—and vocally—opposed to EVs?

Tim Burrows of EV Society speaks with Max Fawcett, lead columnist at Canada’s National Observer and a National Newspaper Award-winning writer, about how electric vehicles went from an emerging automotive technology to a political and cultural flashpoint—and whether that may finally be starting to change.

Max explains why EVs began threatening established interests once governments set firm transition policies, how culture-war politics turned a vehicle into a symbol, and why many legitimate concerns about range, charging and performance are being addressed. They also discuss Alberta’s oil-and-gas identity, North America’s emotional attachment to traditional car culture, why Max describes the EV as a technology of freedom, and how electric vehicles could eventually send power back to the grid.