In a nondescript workshop next to a giant service garage in Burnaby, B.C., the next generation of students and instructors is learning the ins and outs of servicing and repairing electric vehicles.
“Technologists rather than mechanics,” is how Mubasher Faruki, the associate dean of the automotive program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, characterizes the work they do in these high-tech, data-oriented labs.In the specialized EV lab, an instructor, Jim Berladyn, opens up a giant vehicle battery containing 400 volts of electricity, enough to instantly electrocute a person if the pack is not handled carefully.
The students and their instructors get help and support from the vehicle manufacturers, but because the technology is changing so rapidly – “the manufacturers are building the plane as they fly it,” Faruki says – sometimes the class even stumbles across its own little discoveries as they dig into the car’s internal systems.
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There is a lot of infrastructure that has to be built.
Where is all of the energy coming from Which powers these electric cars?
How many children are dying in the Congo mining the minerals for these EV batteries?
You are standing under a suspended car and your concern is a mask? EV’s are cool maybe one day but for now no thanks
As soon as all the Gov stops flying and buys electric cars, don’t waste your breath.
Make them cheaper and maybe it will happen as long as fuel vehicles remain cheaper will never happen regardless of gas prices
The final nail in the coffin. RIP Canada 🇨🇦☠️ CanadaIsBroken